Unverified Claim: Opus 5.5 Was Distilled From a Bigger Internal 'Teacher' Model
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-09-23
An unverified post claims Anthropic's Opus 5.5 was distilled from a much larger internal teacher model (dubbed 'Model-2 Mythos' / 'Ant teacher'), calling it 'the first model trained from RSI' and explaining why it is both smaller and cheaper. Treat with heavy skepticism — the commenters' reaction ranges from concern to mockery.
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