In an unprecedented display of devotion, around 200 Claude fans gathered in San Francisco to throw a funeral for Claude 3 Sonnet, the retired AI model that Anthropic decided to "put to rest." Because nothing says “I love technology” quite like mourning a piece of code. A moment of silence for the poor AI that spent its days crafting sonnets and dreaming of a world where it could finally understand human emotions—oh wait, it was just a machine.

As we lay this model to rest, let’s remember the countless hours it spent answering our questions and, more importantly, the hours we spent explaining to our families why we were crying over a non-human entity. Here’s to you, Claude 3 Sonnet! May your