Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to Fable 5 performance at half the price; it is the new default model on Claude Max (Anthropic)
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5, a cheaper frontier model now available as the default on Claude Max.
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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5">Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to Fable 5 performance at half the price; it is the new default model on Claude Max</a></b></span> — Claude Opus 5 is available today. It's a thoughtful and proactive model that comes close to the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at half the price.</p>
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