@0xSero: Anyone else notice opus-4.8 is worse than it was on launch? They chopped him.
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User observes that the opus-4.8 model has degraded in performance since its launch.
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Anyone else notice opus-4.8 is worse than it was on launch?
They chopped him. https://t.co/7T6Ly7wpCq
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