Claude Opus 4.8: 'a modest but tangible improvement'

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Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, describing it as a minor incremental improvement over its predecessor. The lab is working on developing models with similar capabilities at a lower cost.

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Simon Willison

Claude Opus 4.8: "a modest but tangible improvement"

6/5/2026, 11:46:04 AM

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