alt Hacker NewsSlightly related, I used Opus 4.6 to help me make marketing copy and ideas for my app. It understood the vibe I was going for on my baby-naming app (elation at discovery, curiosity, shared experiences), while 4.7 instantly wanted to pit the couples against each other (really highlighting the he said/she said) and the marketing copy went from "find a name easier" to "Our new feature is great. You're welcome." I can't get it to drop the snarky sass no matter how much I change CLAUDE.md, brand voice, etc.
All I did was upgrade claude code and use the new model. It most definitely exhibits misaligned behavior (compared to 4.6)
I tried Opus 4.7 for two days before I started beginning every session with "claude --model claude-opus-4-6".
I assume that 4.6 will become unavailable at some point, but I hope not any time soon. 4.7 hit usage limits faster, didn't do anything obviously better, and had more annoying behaviors in other aspects. I don't know if this is strictly a model issue or if there are also problems with how it's harnessed through Claude Code. I'm not willing to spend more time digging into it until I'm forced to.