“And it was only with like Opus 4 5 and 4 6 that we”
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Claude Opus 4.6
By Anthropic
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“more recently with Opus 4.6 we're like, okay, this this is like headed in the right direction.”
“Opus 4.6 still can't do this particular thing”
“Currently, that's Opus 4.6. I have maximum effort enabled always.”
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