Hidden safety classifier model in Claude Code sparks user debate

Users discovered Claude Code's auto mode secretly uses a secondary model as a safety classifier, sparking complaints from Max subscribers; some researchers defended the practice as reasonable for low-difficulty tasks.

2026-09-16 ~ 2026-09-16 · 3 related posts

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