Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models

Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by pkoird on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:54PM (#50320123)

Better block than falsify information. Last I heard they were deliberately botching it whenever someone asked semi-advanced questions on model training.

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Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by jbellis on Saturday October 31, 2026 @06:06PM (#50320722)

They walked that part back within days. Still made me permanently leery off relying on anthropic for anything important.

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Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by dominotw on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:56PM (#50320145)

so models can reveal "advanced" model building secrets ? how?

How is it a secret if everyone has a model that is exactly like the other. Surely there are no secrets

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Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by impossiblefork on Saturday October 31, 2026 @05:43PM (#50320540)

It could be simple training tips that are obvious, but which any particular builder might miss.

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Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by nostrebored on Saturday October 31, 2026 @05:52PM (#50320613)

I don’t think it is revelation, it feels like active incompetence. You can lay out every decision and watch Claude/OpenAI actively fuck up in inexplicable ways.

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Re:Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training lar... by georgemcbay on Saturday October 31, 2026 @05:08PM (#50320263)

> Surely there are no secrets

Not yet, especially not with all of the incestuous cross-hiring that all the labs do.

But perhaps the various L. Bob Rife variants running these labs are using their advanced unreleased models to work on their own Snow Crashes.

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