[simonw]

I posted the pelican a couple of days ago: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/9/claude-fable-5/#and-som...

It wasn't particularly noteworthy as pelicans go - in fact, given the strength of Fable, I see it as another signal that the pelican benchmark no longer has the unexplained predictive power of model capacity that it used to.

[eranation]

Ha, thanks for the reply!

[jimbokun]

I’m waiting for when it replies “AGAIN simonw? Do you really still need a pelican on a bicycle for every new release. Sigh, ok if I have to…”

[simonw]

The other day someone told me they'd asked a recent model for a pelican on a bicycle and it had replied "oh, the classic..."

[eranation]

wow, this is a life goal.