Speculation: Meta paid full API prices for Fable traces to distill, and outputs taste like Claude
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-09-29
- @mattparlmer floated a theory that part of the spring/summer runup came from Meta paying full API prices for Fable traces to distill.
- @andersonbcdefg, with no insider knowledge, notes everything Muse has written for his Feed has the flavor of "claudeslop," hinting the data may originate from Claude outputs.
- Together they point to an unverified rumor that Meta may be sourcing frontier-model (e.g. Claude) outputs for distillation via paid channels.
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