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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 Review: Incremental Gains with Notable Trade-offs

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Claude Opus 4.8 shows improvements in math, coding, and logic but declines in creative writing.
Its token efficiency issue may drive users to competitors or the more expensive Claude Max.

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Claude Opus 4.8 shows improvements in math, coding, and logic but declines in creative writing. Its token efficiency issue may drive users to competitors or the more expensive Claude Max.

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