Opus 4.6 and GPT Codex 5.3 trending on HackerNews

Both Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT Codex 5.3 are trending on HackerNews, as you see in the screenshot below:

Opus 4.6 and GPT Codex 5.3 on HackerNews

Yes, it's a rare sight!

OpenAI launched the new model just after 30 minutes of when Anthropic launched the new model. It seems they had some insider knowledge about the launch. It's a crazy amount of cutthroat competition going on in the AI industry, especially between these two giants.