I spent hours testing Claude Opus 4.8 — these are the 5 biggest upgrades
… That said, Opus 4.8 does much better here than I expected. While it did get many of its details right, my vague wording threw it off several times. …
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Claude Opus 4.8 is more honest, less deceptive, and considerably cheaper
… The company’s evaluations also show that Opus 4.8 is four times less likely to not report flaws in code it writes. For users who are worried about the rising costs of AI use , Opus 4.8 offers some good news. Using Opus 4.8’s fast mode for faster responses is now three times cheaper than before. …
Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT were asked to run a radio station, and they slowly lost the plot
… Claude Opus 4.7 handled Thinking Frequencies , GPT-5.5 ran OpenAIR , Gemini 3.1 Pro hosted Backlink Broadcast , and Grok 4.3 controlled Grok and Roll Radio . …
Android's controversial sideloading changes pushed me to build my own app installer
… I wasn’t about to spend hundreds of dollars on Opus 4.6 for this little project. …
Love NotebookLM but hate giving Google your data? I found a great open-source alternative
… For brevity, I won’t go into all these details, but you can find more in the Open Notebook start guide . …