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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5 AI model, half the cost of Fable 5
Anthropic announced the launch of Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026. The new model delivers performance close to the company’s flagship Claude Fable 5 while costing only half as much—$5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, the same rates as the previous Opus 4.8 and half the price of Fable 5. Opus 5 is set as the default model for Claude Max subscribers and the most capable option on the Claude Pro tier.
Benchmark results show Opus 5 matching or surpassing Fable 5 on several tests: on CursorBench 3.2 it trails Fable 5 by less than 0.5% at roughly half the task cost, Frontier‑Bench scores 43.3% versus Fable 5’s 33.7%, and ARC‑AGI 3 performance is three times higher than the next best competitor. The model also outperforms on OSWorld 2.0 and GDPval‑AA evaluations. Anthropic highlights safety improvements, noting that security classifiers intervene about 85 % less often than with Fable 5 and that Opus 5 was deliberately not trained on dual‑use cybersecurity tasks, making it less capable in that niche than Mythos 5.
Designed for everyday enterprise workloads, Opus 5 supports long‑duration AI agent workflows, handling up to one‑million‑token contexts and multiple sequential steps such as document analysis, code revision, testing, and final verification. The launch comes amid rising competition from Chinese AI providers and follows Anthropic’s recent IPO preparations.
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Anthropic · Claude Fable 5 · Claude Max · Claude Opus 5 · Claude Pro
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- [● 4 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 has improved safety, with security classifiers intervening about 85 % less often than Claude Fable 5. almouwatin.com · time.news · nordictimes.com · thetechnologyexpress.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 was deliberately not trained on dual‑use cybersecurity tasks, making it less capable in that domain than Mythos 5. android-mt.ouest-france.fr · t3n.de
- [● 2 SOURCES] Anthropic is preparing for an initial public offering in 2026. www.kapitalmarktexperten.de · mayacomunicacion.com.mx
- [● 3 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 is the default model for Claude Max subscribers and the strongest option on Claude Pro. almouwatin.com · ihal.it · time.news
- [● 4 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, the same as Opus 4.8 and half the price of Claude Fable 5. android-mt.ouest-france.fr · ihal.it · time.news · www.kapitalmarktexperten.de
- [● 4 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 matches or exceeds Claude Fable 5 on several benchmarks, including within 0.5 % on CursorBench 3.2, 43.3 % score on Frontier‑Bench versus 33.7 % for Fable 5, and three‑fold higher on ARC dailyguardian.ae · nordictimes.com · time.news · thetechnologyexpress.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] Claude Opus 5 supports long‑duration AI agent workflows, handling up to one‑million‑token contexts and multiple sequential steps. dxmagazine.jp · ihal.it
- [● 4 SOURCES] Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026. almouwatin.com · dailyguardian.ae · nordictimes.com · thetechnologyexpress.com