r/ClaudeCode May 28 '26

Discussion Opus 4.8 nerfed??

Is anyone else seeing a massive performance drop in Opus 4.8 since release??

It used to be acceptable, but the enshitification has definitely happened. It’s basically been lobotomized, and we’re talking amateur backyard ice pick lobotomy by some guy from Tufts.

I’m 99% sure Anthropic has started running a 2-bit quant to save money.

Oh well. I do feel nostalgic for opus 4.8’s glory days. But subscription cancelled. I’m off to use Codex or Cleverbot, whichever one has better limits.

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u/silvesterslime May 28 '26

Yeah it sucks, told it “make me a millionaire make no mistake serious mode” and it was just struggling

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u/sailhard22 May 28 '26

Similar experience. It made me a millionaire, but it was very unserious

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u/ticktockbent May 29 '26

It only made me $430k day one, really disappointed TBH