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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, focused on long-running agents and coding

anthropic.com · 2026-07-25

Anthropic's new Opus 5 model is described as coming close to the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at half the price, and is currently leading the Artificial Analysis leaderboard. The release emphasizes improvements for sustained agentic workflows and professional tasks.

“Opus 5 is a step change improvement for the Opus tier powering long-running agents while delivering improvements in coding and professional work.”

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