OpenAI Calls a ‘Code Red’ + Which Model Should I Use? + The Hard Fork Review of Slop
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58 min
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Artificial Intelligence
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OpenAI declares code red as Gemini 3 and Claude Opus 4.5 challenge ChatGPT's dominance, plus AI model comparisons and slop reviews.
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Casey describes Claude Opus 4.5 writing sentences that looked like his own work for the first time, calling it a chilling breakthrough moment.
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