SMRTR AIJul 26, 2026Ars Technica

Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap

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Anthropic released Opus 5, an updated AI model that improves on its predecessor without making a dramatic capability jump. The main selling point is cost — it delivers near-Fable-level performance at roughly half the price, though it intentionally lags behind in cybersecurity exploitation tasks and lacks some of Fable's data protection policies.

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