Claude Opus 4.8 First Impressions
Claude Opus 4.8 arrives as a modest but meaningful upgrade, with early users pointing to better judgment, less bluffing, stronger self-checking, and a greater willingness to push back. NLW breaks down first impressions, benchmark comparisons with GPT-5.5, Claude Code’s new dynamic workflows, and why the model harness may matter as much as the model itself. In the headlines: Kirkland & Ellis bets big on internal AI, OpenAI updates GPT-5.5 Instant, Cognition raises at a $26B valuation, Meta considers AI cloud, and Microsoft prepares new models.
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