# Anthropic Got Caught Secretly Downgrading Paying Users

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Published: 2026-07-10T04:00:00+00:00
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Anthropic quietly rerouted paying Fable 5 requests down to a weaker model, Opus 4.8, while still billing Fable rates, and only walked it back after users found the tag in their own logs. That's the opener on today's Daily Download: AI With Honor, the daily AI news show that translates what's actually happening in AI into what it means for your business, your money, and your family, no hype, no sales pitch, just the news and the honest take, from Santa Clarita, California. Today's show covers ...

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