Opus 5 Reportedly Rivals Anthropic's Internal Models, Excels at Optimization

scaling01 · x · 2026-08-23

A user claims Opus 5 is the closest model available to what Anthropic has internally, calling it an "absolute monster." It is reported to perform exceptionally well for optimization tasks; given a target, it can hillclimb to find the best solution. The post references a retweet noting that Opus 5 has been disrespected.

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