> "The model is getting worse" has been rumored so often, by now, shouldn't there be some trusted group(s) continually testing the models so we have evidence beyond anecdote?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45097263#45098202

Here's some evidence

> Investigating - Last week, we opened an incident to investigate degraded quality in some Claude model responses. We found two separate issues that we’ve now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for any ongoing quality issues, including reports of degradation for Claude Opus 4.1.

https://status.anthropic.com/