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Re:Claude Opus 4.8 by swingboy on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:16PM (#48317777)
Looking forward to the results. Thanks for your work.
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Re:Claude Opus 4.8 by gertlabs on Thursday May 28, 2026 @11:58PM (#48318854)
Appreciate that! Results are live: https://gertlabs.com/rankings

Opus 4.8 is the first tangible improvement since Opus 4.5. And it doesn't seem to have the personality problems of the last release -- I've been enjoying using it.

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Re:Claude Opus 4.8 by swingboy on Friday May 29, 2026 @07:07AM (#48321614)
Nice! Looks like it’s topping the two coding ones. I noticed it is absent from the Social Intelligence board though?
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Re:Claude Opus 4.8 by gertlabs on Friday May 29, 2026 @10:28AM (#48323538)
That'll populate over the next couple weeks -- those are the live games on the spectate tab which take a while to generate statistically worthwhile data. I'm curious how it does. From using it all day, I can say Opus 4.8 is my new favorite model, hands down.
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