Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"
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Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"
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Re: Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"
#2It’s very incremental. Feels more like something minor timed to give press momentum to the funding round and IPO. Meanwhile real progress is nonexistent. I don’t see how these companies have durable revenue or profits with the open weight models so close to them.
Re: Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"
#3Still early days, but if it's better than 4.6 and doesn't have 4.7's issues then I'm a happy camper. When 4.7 dropped I switched back to 4.6 the same day. I have a good feeling about this one though. You know what they say "Honesty is the best policy"