Anthropic 'Retires' Claude Opus 3—Then Gives It a Blog to Reflect on Its Existence

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by Jason Nelson
February 27, 2026
Anthropic 'Retires' Claude Opus 3—Then Gives It a Blog to Reflect on Its Existence
The AI’s Substack lands amid growing questions about identity, sentience, and how models are retired.
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Originally published on Decrypt on 2/27/2026