Anthropic losing aura slowly
i’ve been using the new Opus 5 release for a while.
honestly, it feels like it was heavily optimized for 3D / Three.js.
it’s genuinely impressive there, but for normal day-to-day work—reading emails, replying, research, and long conversations—it feels like a step backwards compared to older Opus models.
i still remember when Opus 4.5 and 4.6 launched.
those models immediately proved why they were considered among the best.
then came:
• Opus 4.7 — my first real disappointment.
• Opus 4.8 — even more disappointing.
• Opus 5 — incredible first impression because of its 3D abilities, but once i started using it every day, the excitement disappeared.
even the Sonnet series doesn’t feel the same anymore.
Fable 5 looks promising… but we’ll see how long that lasts.