Firm fires 90% of dev staff, claims 'Claude Fable 5 is sufficient'

A mid-sized services business dismissed almost 90% of its software development staff in a single night. A Reddit post indicated that roughly 62 workers were let go, leaving a team of just eight. The post quoted management as saying, "CXOs are basically saying Claude Fable 5 is enough for those of us remaining." In the comments, one user replied, "The token cost for Fable is going to be insane."

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