Raw Opus 4.8 CoT Style Revealed
Sauers_ · x · 2026-07-13
The author claims to have observed the behavior of Raw Opus 4.8 CoT, noting the following characteristics:
- Frequent use of self-correcting phrases like "Actually, wait" and "OK so".
- The use of bulleted lists during the reasoning process.
This is a very brief observation post about model behavior with no further context, but the core message is a direct description of the model's chain-of-thought style.
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