Users report Claude 3 Opus becoming 'forgetful' and 'lazy' at basic tasks

xhluca · x · 2026-08-06

A user on X recently reported that Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus model is exhibiting signs of being 'forgetful' and 'lazy'. The model apparently struggles with basic tasks, frequently missing steps and showing a noticeable degradation in instruction following.

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