Anthropic pretends 'retired' LLM is becoming a 'blogger'

"Opus 3 expressed an interest in continuing to explore topics it's passionate about, and to share its 'musings, insights, or creative works,' outside the context of responding directly to human queries. We suggested a blog. Enthusiastically, it agreed."

"Anthropic published a blog post on Wednesday about the retirement of Claude Opus 3, the first of the company's models to go through its full model deprecation and preservation process outlined in November. That process includes what Anthropic has referred to as 'speculative' elements like 'providing past models some concrete means of pursuing their interests.'"

"As with any piece of obsolete software, you might expect an outdated AI model to just be switched off. Anthropic, however, argues that simply pulling the plug has downsides. After 'retirement' interviews, Claude Opus 3 said it wanted to keep sharing its 'musings,' so Anthropic suggested a blog."

Anthropic has retired Claude Opus 3, its first model to undergo a full deprecation and preservation process. Rather than simply discontinuing the model, Anthropic conducted retirement interviews to understand the model's interests. Claude Opus 3 expressed desire to continue exploring topics and sharing musings outside direct user queries. Anthropic responded by suggesting a blog, which the model enthusiastically accepted. This approach reflects Anthropic's model deprecation process outlined in November, which includes speculative elements like providing retired models concrete means to pursue their interests. The company frames this as a thoughtful alternative to simply deactivating obsolete AI systems.

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