Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest version of its AI model, which emphasizes reliability and honesty in its outputs. The model is priced the same as its predecessor and features improvements in handling coding tasks. Additionally, the company teased the upcoming release of 'Mythos-class models' that promise advanced capabilities but have not yet been made public due to security concerns.
- ▪Claude Opus 4.8 is available at the same price as Opus 4.7, which is $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens.
- ▪The new model is designed to flag its own mistakes and uncertainties more effectively than previous versions.
- ▪Anthropic has introduced a new 'effort control' panel that allows users to select the amount of effort the model should apply to tasks.
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