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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by yfontana on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:48AM (#50422872)
> I can't believe people are still denying it

Probably because those "nerfs" do not show on sites that track model performance over time. Sometimes Anthropic/OpenAI mess stuff up in their harness, but usually not in the models themselves.

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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by xscott on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:13AM (#50423089)
It's easy to imagine they can detect when they're being profiled and route accordingly. Paranoia or not, it's possible.
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