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Hard disagree, I’m finding Opus 5.5 so much more pleasant to work with in comparison to its predecessor. Much less of the invented jargon that I got from the last version, or Fable 5.1. Still a bit wordy, sure, but you can dial that down in the settings. I’m wondering what I’m doing differently from you, or is it just a Geschmacksache?

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I wasn't aware of the setting - I changed it to "Concise" now, thanks.

Opus 5 was in another league. But often Opus 5.5 still has its moments.

I was informing it of a bug and it started its lengthy response with: "I confirmed less than I claimed" as if I had just accused it of being wrong or otherwise complained.

I found that one weird, and it reminded me that I am talking to Claude rather than an OpenAI model.

After testing today, the setting does not seem to help, like at all. Opus 5.5 just keeps writing essays.

And it manages to overcomplicate even the most simple concepts in its explanations.

It's still very poor compared to OpenAI models.

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