Claude 3 Opus Released
Narrative
Outperforms GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra on benchmarks. Three model tiers. Vision capabilities. 200K context.
Reality
Benchmarks validated. Opus premium tier excellent. Sonnet balanced. Haiku fast. Vision quality strong. Market share grew significantly.
Implication
Tier-1 lab status confirmed. Multi-tier strategy working. Quality differentiation. Enterprise adoption accelerated. GPT-4 not unbeatable.