🔬 research2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
Claude Opus 5: Near-Fable Intelligence at Half the Price, the ARC-AGI Breakthrough, and the New Default for Agentic Work
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5 on July 24, 2026 — near Fable 5 intelligence at $5/$25 (half the price). New SOTA on Frontier-Bench (43.3%), ARC-AGI-3 (30.2%, 4× GPT-5.6 Sol), and GDPval-AA (1861 Elo). Thinking on by default, five-level effort control, 1M context, and the most aligned Claude model to date. Analysis of benchmarks, behavioral shifts, safety, and what it means for the frontier.
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