# Amp — Who Cares About the Model?

- Company: Amp (ampcode.com)
- Announced: 2026-07-29
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://ampcode.com/news/who-cares-about-the-model
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7721-who-cares-about-the-model
- Subject: Amp
- Models affected: Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6 Sol

Amp changed the default model in the Dial from Claude Opus 4.8 to GPT-5.6 (Sol) and observed that most users accepted the switch without complaint, and that model-level preferences no longer measurably affected single-task outcomes.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://ampcode.com/news/who-cares-about-the-model:

> we changed the default model.
> 
> Before the Dial, Amp's default mode was smart , running Claude Opus 4.8 and carrying more than half of all new threads. The Dial made medium the default, and medium runs GPT-5.6 Sol.

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