@FinanceYF5: Anthropic was planning an exclusive hackathon for only the world's top developers, offering them unlimited access to Fable 5. But the government shut it down. Everyone ended up using Opus 4.8 instead, and the results were still impressive. Someone compiled all the demos from this Anthropic Developer Day...
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Anthropic originally planned an invite-only hackathon for top global developers with unlimited access to Fable 5, but it was halted by government intervention. Developers used Opus 4.8 as a substitute and still achieved good results.
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Anthropic originally planned to host an exclusive hackathon for the world’s top developers, offering participants unlimited access to Fable 5.
But it was shut down by the government.
In the end, everyone used Opus 4.8 as a substitute, and the results were still impressive.
Someone compiled all the demos from this Anthropic Developer Day https://t.co/EwGl4CHH7e
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