Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Users report thinking patterns changed on November 3
rzk · hn · 2026-11-09
An HN discussion centered on a report that Claude Opus 5.5's thinking patterns visibly changed around November 3, sparking debate over whether Anthropic quietly nerfed the model and how users can detect and cope with undisclosed behavior shifts in deployed models.
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