The API version I'm getting for Opus 4 via gptel is aligned in a way that will win me back to Claude if its intentional and durable. There seems to be maybe some generalized capability lift but its hard to tell, these things are aligment constrained to a level below earlier frontier models and the dynamic cost control and what not is a liability for people who work to deadlines. Its net negative.
The 3.7 bait and switch was the last straw for me and closed frontier vendors or so I said, but I caught a candid, useful, Opus 4 today on a lark, and if its on purpose its like a leadership shakeup level change. More likely they just don't have the "fuck the user" tune yet because they've only run it for themsrlves.
I'm not going to make plans contingent on it continuing to work well just yet, but I'm going to give it another audition.
The 3.7 bait and switch was the last straw for me and closed frontier vendors or so I said, but I caught a candid, useful, Opus 4 today on a lark, and if its on purpose its like a leadership shakeup level change. More likely they just don't have the "fuck the user" tune yet because they've only run it for themsrlves.
I'm not going to make plans contingent on it continuing to work well just yet, but I'm going to give it another audition.