Analysis: Claude Fable 5.1 writes more plainly

Arena.ai analyzed tens of thousands of benchmark responses and found Claude Fable 5.1 writes more matter-of-factly but also more verbosely than Fable 5, indicating subtle stylistic shifts.

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