yep, ran a controlled experiment on 28 tasks comparing old opus 4.6 vs new opus 4.6 vs 4.7, and found that 4.7 is comparable in cost to old 4.6, and ~20% more expensive then new 4.6 (because new 4.6 is thinking less)
https://www.stet.sh/blog/opus-4-7-zod
So they nerfed 4.6 to make way for 4.7?
Progress. /s
So they nerfed 4.6 to make way for 4.7?
Progress. /s