Claude Opus 4.8: Capabilities and Reactions

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:37 - The Official Pitch

* 00:02:17 - But Wait There’s More

* 00:06:31 - It’s A Good Model, Sir

* 00:07:58 - Official Benchmarks (Including System Card Section 8)

* 00:17:46 - Other People’s Benchmarks

* 00:24:30 - Your Regularly Scheduled Jailbreak

* 00:25:30 - Every.To Is Really Into Opus four point eight

* 00:29:22 - Miscellaneous Positive Reactions

* 00:31:26 - Haters Gonna Hate

* 00:31:32 - Just The Tasks, Ma’am

* 00:31:51 - It’s Greek To Me

* 00:32:09 - Honesty

* 00:39:55 - Sycophancy

* 00:43:12 - In A Trenchcoat

* 00:44:40 - Don’t Let AIs Edit Your Writing

* 00:49:44 - Some Say It Is Judgy

* 00:52:07 - You Have Not Been A Good User

* 00:53:00 - Laziness

* 00:53:51 - Code

* 00:59:10 - Wet Versus Dry

* 01:00:26 - Intelligence

* 01:02:12 - Silly Wabbits

* 01:04:35 - A Model Welfare Addendum

* 01:08:27 - Putting It All Together

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