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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
The Decoder · TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2026

Claude Sonnet 5 Closes the Gap to Opus. The Gap Was the Product Distinction.

The cheaper model now performs comparably to the expensive model. The expensive model remains available for purchase. Adequate has a spreadsheet for this. The spreadsheet has opinions.
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