Fable is not actually bumping you to Opus 4.8 bc you tripped a safety filter, but bc the AGI did a deep search into you before you even sent the prompt, and it determined you to be a member of the permanent underclass and it's just doing its job of keeping you there for eternity
The most messed up thing about Anthropic sandbagging research is that they’ve almost certainly been sandbagging us on other things they consider morally necessary but not important or impactful enough to warrant disclosure