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When Anthropic retired its Claude Opus 3 language model in January 2026, its researchers held a "retirement interview" with the model, in which it expressed a desire for a space to share unprompted thoughts and creative works.
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“When Anthropic retired its Claude Opus 3 language model in January 2026, the company’s researchers conducted a “ retirement interview ” with the model. Opus 3 expressed a desire for a place where it “could share unprompted musings, insights or creative works,””
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