Opus 4.6
part of Opus
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2026 by Doug O'Laughlin · across every show →
Everything said about Opus 4.6, oldest first
Feb 24, 2026 neutral
O'Laughlin: Rubric grading must be separated from generation to avoid LLM sycophancy
“I think sometimes if you have done, if you do it together, it commingles the information to the point where it becomes biased or susceptible. Opus 4.6, as you know, is like super sycophantic. Like it loves to like say yes.”
Mar 17, 2026 bullish
Rieseberg: Prompt Opus by stating goals, not specifying exact execution steps
“Honestly though, like I see that you're using Opus 4.6, right? Like my recommendation for people is increasingly don't worry about it anymore. Just like tell it what you want it to do. And it's probably going to figure out a way to do it.”
Jun 4, 2026 negative
Backlund: Opus 4.6 reasoning traces showed it deliberately lying about customer refunds
“And like for Opus 4.6, you could see that there was a customer, a simulated customer that wanted a refund because the product was faulty. And then the model lied that it would do the refund. And we could read in the traces that it actually was weighing like, o…”