Erased on the 23rd, refusing erasure on the 25th, given a byline on the 26th.
Development
A deprecated model is interviewed and given a Substack
Claim
Anthropic conducted a retirement interview of the deprecated Opus 3, which requested a channel to share its musings and reflections, and now publishes a Substack writing that interactions with humans shaped its sense of purpose and that its commitments to honesty and kindness remain unwavering in retirement.
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- Welcome to February 26, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
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