I have noticed very serious degradation in performance from Anthropic. I've switched away from Opus 5, but 4.8 is still much worse than how it was before Fable came out. It's constantly making what seems like obvious mistakes... I point them out, it's constantly apologizing.
I don't know why...
Is it A/B testing?
Is it load shedding?
Is it because I'm in Canada?
Is it because I'm not on the Claude Max plan?
Is it because I'm not paying via API?
Is it because I'm not paying via Bedrock?
Is it because the U.S. is worried people are distilling?
Is it because the U.S. wants to keep the top capability to themselves?
I think open models are the future. Anthropic is killing their reputation so fast. If they don't come clean I think they're cooked.
I don't know why...
Is it A/B testing?
Is it load shedding?
Is it because I'm in Canada?
Is it because I'm not on the Claude Max plan?
Is it because I'm not paying via API?
Is it because I'm not paying via Bedrock?
Is it because the U.S. is worried people are distilling?
Is it because the U.S. wants to keep the top capability to themselves?
I think open models are the future. Anthropic is killing their reputation so fast. If they don't come clean I think they're cooked.