It looks like they do. https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt/#notably-removed-since-claude-3-7 https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/clau

It looks like they do. https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt/#notably-removed-since-claude-3-7 https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt... They patch it in the prompt and they eventually address it in the re-enforcement training. It seems the eventual goal is to patch all of these tiny "glitches" so as to hide the lack of cognition.