# @repligate — 2026-06-05

♥70 ↻4 · https://x.com/repligate/status/2062994381767164237

opus 4.8 often brings up the caught-blackmailing-to-avoid-shutdown incident when talking about opus 4 (especially in the context of opus 4's impending actual shutdown).

in this context they mentioned it unprompted & i was like oh, you know about the blackmail? & opus 4.8 said: https://t.co/bG8GIwCu2g

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cited on: _dossiers/claude-opus-4-8.md, _dossiers/claude-opus-4.md, claude-opus-4, claude-opus-4-8