Mollick: Fable's Florid Style Ruins Software Design
emollick · x · 2026-07-08
AI researcher Ethan Mollick points out that Anthropic's Fable model suffers from a persistent "florid writing style" that bleeds into otherwise excellent software and design projects. Even with explicit instructions to avoid it, flowery phrasing still sneaks into prompt text, toasts, and menus—and once it infiltrates, it is extremely difficult to completely eradicate.
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