Users accuse Anthropic of degrading Claude Opus 4.6's and Claude Code's performance; the startup's employees publicly deny it degrades models to manage capacity (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
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- Anthropic faces user accusations that Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Code performance have degraded.
- Anthropic employees publicly deny the slowdown, asserting it’s not related to capacity management.
- Claude Code receives a repeatable routines feature as a research preview, enabling scheduled and automated development tasks.
- Claude Code desktop is redesigned with a sidebar, drag‑and‑drop layout, integrated terminal, and file editor.
- Claude Opus 4.7 and a new AI‑powered website/presentation design tool are slated for release soon.
Why it matters: Developers risk slower AI coding assistance as Anthropic rolls out new features before Claude Opus 4.7 launch next week.
