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Figma CEO Dylan Field says Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 updates traded model curiosity for excessive hedging and sycophancy

Critics warn the performance degradation will drive users to competitors.

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OPkache#488kache@YACINEMTB

If this keeps up, everyone is going to switch to got 5.5 if they haven't already. It really seems like if you are still using opus, you are simply just incapable of telling the difference. I'm just shocked at how big the gap is myself. Is anthropic done for?

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REPLYNick#411Nick@NICKCAMMARATA

@zoink i'd ask prev claudes about research ideas and they'd ignore the specifics and say it sounds awesome, this one ignores the specifics and tells me the bigger concern is what kind of person i am, i should take a hard look in the mirror. still no comments on the neuron aux loss idea

Dylan FieldDylan Field@zoink

Opus 4.8 is a very strange model. Clearly Anthropic tried to improve honesty, which is commendable. However, the model's curiosity (already worse in 4.7) degraded further. Result is a judgmental personality + sycophancy + sooo much hedging. Basically the opposite of Opus 3.

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