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Anthropic rolls out Sonnet 5 with near-Opus 4.8 performance at a lower price

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How the story developed
24 Jul
Anthropic launches Opus 5
REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AI
Other feeds and industry voices
22 Sept
Anthropic releases Opus 5.5 with lower prices and Fable-level performance

Anthropic called it "the strongest-performing model we've tested to date."

REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
24 Jul
Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
28 Sept
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
24 Jul
Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

Weeks after Anthropic's latest toe-to-toe with the US government, and days after an OpenAI security incident that dominated tech industry discussions, Anthropic on Thursday

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
24 Jul
Opus 5 will be both cheaper and less restrictive than Fable, likely making it preferable in most use cases

Opus 5 will be both cheaper and less restrictive than Fable, likely making it preferable in most use cases

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
16 Apr
Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz

Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
1 Sept
Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive

Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
1 Sept
Anthropic’s new Fable release is cheaper, less restrictive

Fable 5.1 includes changes meant to reduce token cost and false-positive restrictions from the model's safeguards.

REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
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