Claude Opus 4.8 in May, Opus 5 in July, Opus 5.5 in September. I got lost in all the new AI names, so I went looking for what changes your answer.
What I found is that the model name matters a lot less than the constant hype would have you think.
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Why Claude and ChatGPT model launches keep speeding up, and why it doesn’t matter as much as you think.
I’ve been using AI apps every day for years now, and I’ve started to notice something odd about how they’re sold. Every launch is about a name. A new model, a new number, a livestream, a chart: Opus 4.8, Opus 5, Opus 5.5, and on it goes.
