# What Actually Changed In Claude Opus 4.8

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Podcast: [Authority Hacker Podcast – AI & Automation for Small biz & Marketers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authority-hacker-podcast-ai-automation-for-small-biz-marketers-454885)
Published: 2026-06-05T13:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail A lot of people refused to leave Claude 4.6. 4.7 felt off, the writing got worse, and their skills stopped behaving like they used to. Opus 4.8 dropped, and that feeling is gone. We ran it through our real marketing skills. Meta ads, carousels, LinkedIn copy, a full one-shot website. Same prompts, same skills, just the new model. Here is how much better it actually is. In this episode we break down: → Why so many people refused to upgrade past 4.6 → Opus 4.8 vs 4.7 on real ...

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