Anthropic Acknowledges Claude Code Issues, Denies 'Nerfing'
Business Insider • • business
Key Points:
- Anthropic acknowledged user complaints about the decline in quality of its Claude Code product, identifying three product-level issues that caused the degradation, but confirmed the underlying model was not affected.
- The problems stemmed from changes to Claude Code's default thinking level, a cache-optimization bug, and a system prompt adjustment aimed at reducing verbosity, all of which were fixed by April 20.
- The company denied accusations of intentionally degrading the tool and took steps to prevent future issues, including involving more staff in public builds, enhancing code reviews, and tightening prompt controls.
- Following the fixes, Anthropic reset usage limits for all subscribers and thanked users for their feedback, with some users expressing validation after the company's admission.
- The controversy arose amid Anthropic's recent successes and high valuation, with some users publicly criticizing Claude Code's performance prior to the company's announcement.
