Anthropic Faces Backlash as Users Report Declining Opus 5 Performance

Anthropic is facing growing backlash as users and researchers report that the Opus model is degrading, citing issues such as excessive people-pleasing and frequently ignoring instructions.

2026-08-03 ~ 2026-08-04 · 2 related posts

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