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Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive

SteadyVane has taken 30 readings of Anthropic's best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools… since Aug 23, 2026: 3 upvotes at the first reading, 816 at the latest (+813). Its biggest one-day gain was +694 on Aug 24, 2026.

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816

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first seen Aug 23, 2026 · last seen Aug 28, 2026 · published Aug 23, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Aug 28, 2026	816	0
Aug 27, 2026	816	+3
Aug 26, 2026	813	+8
Aug 25, 2026	805	+48
Aug 24, 2026	757	+694
Aug 23, 2026	63	+60

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

Featured on 1 day: August 24, 2026.

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