Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama

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Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped, but behind every headline lies a deeper story. From a bonanza of benchmarks, to seeing the fruits of one of the biggest mega-projects in US history, to sneaky Mythos disclaimers, to Anthropic admitting compute restraints and, forcing lower capability of Opus 4.7. Where the new model falls behind Gemini but ahead of GPT 5.4, plus why some users are furious at Anthropic. Ending with a 9-year animus, that still affects AI today… https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15…

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Related: Google: Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama · Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama

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