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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by Bluestein on Saturday August 22, 2026 @05:31PM (#49404066)
Maybe compute relocation?
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by unclebucknasty on Saturday August 22, 2026 @09:27PM (#49405458)
What do you mean? As in, they are reallocating compute away from previous models?

If so, I would think that would result in worsened performance, not quality (unless you are also suggesting they may be quantizing).

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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by Bluestein on Sunday August 23, 2026 @04:11AM (#49406968)
Spot on. (I had not considered quantization - that's a thought ...)
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