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Fable 5 promises power, but reliability is a concern.
Sudden downgrades could derail serious AI projects.
Opus 4.8 is already good enough for my daily work.
The name "Fable 5" is appropriate because, boy, does it have a story to tell. It's the story of ups and downs, and possibly ups again. It was introduced with great fanfare as the defanged Mythos, a large language model capable of incredible feats but safe enough for nongovernment work.
Also: Anthropic's new Claude Fable 5 is the same base model as Mythos but with guardrails attached
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