Ars Technica
Anthropic's Opus 5: Mostly Just Cheaper, Not Smarter
Anthropic's Opus 5 is a modest update that costs half as much as Fable but isn't much smarter, because the real battle is now about token prices, not benchmark bragging rights.
2026-07-24
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