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Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

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Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#31

So is this a part of the "first hit is free" campaign? If it won't be available on subscription past July 7, what is the point of using it for 7 days now? Shouldn't our energy be better spent elsewhere?

It's already solved some problems I was blocked on for side-projects. I don't feel I have spent energy, and will go back to Opus after July 7th, minus a few hard problems being solved.

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#32

Since this will not be able to be used for coding or code auditing, what use is it? Not being glib, not a rhetorical question. I'm trying to stretch my creativity, and I can't see what it's for.

It's usable for coding and code auditing. The classifier will have some false-positives and some tasks will be downgraded to 4.8 if it's security-adjacent (I presume), but otherwise there's no restrictions on using this for coding.

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#33
Apparently they hired some payday loans marketing folks recently?

As much as I like(d) Anthropic and their approach to being a lab / PBC, if you hire that many people that fast for that much money, it’s inevitable that you end up with some of the same grifters that destroyed the internet. Seems hard to stop them somehow from also destroying their next company.

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#35

I bet my house that after the promotional stuff ends they will change their mind and let you keep using Fable on subscription. Otherwise this is the end of their marketshare. These guys are complete idiots. I give them that

Bold of you to think individuals are a big part of their marketshare and explosive growth. My company introduced enterprise last month and the bill was US$110k for a few dozen folks using it Claude Code and Design.

Do the Pro and Max plans help with word of mouth and whatnot? Sure, but the individual with a Max plan (or 4...) are all subsidized by the big spenders

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the classifier is very picky, working with languages such as C I get cyber refusals and random reasoning_extraction errors.

It's gone from bad to unbelievably bad. Just a prompt with the single word "virus" was enough to get downgraded to O4.8 before the ban. "Tell me a story about a man named CVE." gets me downgraded now. "CVE-" gets me downgraded and broken reasoning with no response. "Giant crane fly, 2 feet wide" gets me downgraded.

Is it likely that it keeps track of what you said recently and decides whether you might be referring to things you've previously been downgraded for?

I haven't been downgraded once, either a few weeks ago for the three days it was live, or since I got it back today.

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#37

From the original announcement last month: > After this point-when sufficient capacity allows us to do so—we aim to restore Fable 5 as a standard part of subscription plans. We intend to do this as quickly as we can. From today: > After July 7, 2026, Claude Fable 5 is no longer included in your plan’s weekly usage limits. You can keep using Claude Fable 5 through usage credits, which let you pay for usage beyond what…

That's such a bitter "never let a crisis go to waste" pill

To be fair, the initial deal was two weeks of access to Fable, then you have to pay (or they might be generous and extend it, as per above quote). Then for everyone outside the US the second week didn't happen. This is basically that second week.

The only slightly bitter thing is only being allowed to use 50% of the weekly limit on Fable

Re: Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access

#40
post #9

"promotion" like they are doing you a favor just this once out of their goodwill... Really really really pissed me off

This seems like the most normal use of the term that I could imagine..?

The wording on initial launch was:

"For subscription plans, we’d rather give access sooner than later, so we’re rolling out more conservatively, in stages:

From today through June 22, Fable 5 is included on Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans at no extra cost.

On June 23, we’ll remove Fable 5 from those plans. Using it after that will require usage credits.

If capacity allows, we’ll extend the included window. After this point—when sufficient capacity allows us to do so—we aim to restore Fable 5 as a standard part of subscription plans. We intend to do this as quickly as we can."

Now it's a "promotion" that we get to access to Fable for 9 days instead of the original 14 days announced. They are generously throwing in a special halving of the usage "at no extra cost", and freely admit that their classifier is broken and will need to be improved.

Well thanks!

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