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Anthropic is phasing out its Claude 3.6 Sonnet model in October, a move that has stirred discontent among users who valued its distinct creative writing abilities. The announcement, following a previous update on model deprecations, was met with concern from those who see the newer, more coding-oriented 3.7 Sonnet as a different tool. The popular Opus 3 model is also scheduled for retirement in January. Users are being advised to preserve any valuable outputs generated by Claude 3.6 Sonnet and consider appealing to Anthropic to keep the model available, potentially at a premium price. News of the sunsetting was initially shared on the Artificial Intelligence subreddit on Reddit. [Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1mq8paa/anthropic_will_sunset_claude_36_sonnet_in_october/]