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1. sailingparrot · 1790095545 · focus · HN ↗

   > Claude Opus 5.5 is our first release since we called for pacing the frontier.

   Interesting how the very first line is used to remind the reader of their call to pace the frontier just last week, and everything else after that line is to demonstrate with very specific numbers how they absolutely are not pacing.

   1. tencentshill · 1790098035 · focus · HN ↗

      What an amazing excuse for lower than expected performance! Our models are slow because we're so ethical.

      1. felixgallo · 1790099032 · focus · HN ↗

         in what way is beating every other frontier model with their own second-tier model, 'lower than expected performance'? Please be specific.

         1. staticman2 · 1790102543 · focus · HN ↗

            Why would the expected performance be relative to other models?

            1. felixgallo · 1790112146 · focus · HN ↗

               are you really arguing that opus 5.5 beating the best of openai's models handily is worse than you expected? What exactly were you basing your expectations on?

               1. staticman2 · 1790163378 · focus · HN ↗

                  This has nothing to do with me personally. How much did they spend on the new models and how much better are they? Was it worth the investment?

                  What did they promise their investors who invested billions?

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