UGH why are they killing this model? This is one of the best models you can use in an API for a large swath of tasks. It's kind of the perfect trifecta of fast, cheap, and smart enough.

Why does Google constantly kill off good things?

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cyanydeez 4 hours ago | parent [-]

because they keep these models loaded, and they can't just arbitrarily load up whatever models you want.

but it's more likely just a business case: they need you buying higher tier model output. They know whose doing what, so someone needs their 3Q bonus.

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Wowfunhappy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I was going to reply that Anthropic, which supposedly is the most capacity constrained of the leading AI labs, still provides access to models as old as Opus 3.

But then I realized Opus 3 is an outlier, and Anthropic has removed access to relatively more recent models. https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/model-depre...

I wonder what the deal is with Opus 3.

	▲	maleldil 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe a lot of people prefer it for "creative" writing.