Anthropic's model naming, extrapolated

Post by jaredsohn » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

TimTheTinker wrote: post #69

mchusma wrote: post #65

I like "Proverb" as smaller than Haiku too, Aphorism is also good. But seriously I want Anthropic to up its small model game. Haiku is not competitive, Deepseek v4 flash outperforms my uses for about $0.10 / $0.20. Whereas Haiku 4.5 is $1/$5. IMO Anthropic should just play the game at all the price tiers because it otherwise forces people to go elsewhere. I would probably pay for a "Proverb"/"Aphorism" class model th…

What would you use Haiku for?

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC

exabrial wrote: post #23

Anthropic intentionally degrading responses shows you they're also focusing on the wrong things. Rather than producing the best model possible, they're nerfing their models' capabilities.

Post by noncoml » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC

wahnfrieden wrote: post #38

exabrial wrote: post #23

Anthropic intentionally degrading responses shows you they're also focusing on the wrong things. Rather than producing the best model possible, they're nerfing their models' capabilities.

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Post by noncoml » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC

Post by pseidemann » Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

hmokiguess wrote: post #54

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