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Re:Claude Sonnet 5 by LUmBULtERA on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @06:38AM (#48744729)
Did Anthropic have Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 switched in the Agentic Search chart at first?
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Re:Claude Sonnet 5 by fluidcruft on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @07:21AM (#48745014)
No, and the original had everything more expensive. There's a comparison here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1ukgqwr/looks_lik...

The explanation Anthropic gave for the update doesn't address how the x-axis needed to range up to $50 previously and only $10 now. In any case the pass rates are also lower.

Probably the difference between whatever it is people notice when they say models become "nerfed".

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Re:Claude Sonnet 5 by LUmBULtERA on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @09:53AM (#48746821)
Huh, super interesting. Thanks!
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