Anthropic updates Claude Opus 4.8 to support mid-conversation system instructions while preserving prompt cache hits
The change reduces API costs and latency for developers.
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#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGE
I'm glad no one changes my system instructions mid-conversation (to my knowledge)
12:34 AM · May 30, 2026 · 1.9K Views