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Claude Opus 4.8 arrived about a week ago, promising quite a few upgrades over its predecessor. Of course, we heard the same things about Opus 4.7 when it arrived, and yet the reality wasn’t as simple ...

We’re almost at the finish line now, and the story is desperately trying to connect the dots. The easiest way to cover this from a review perspective is to get really recappy and share thoughts about ...

Anthropic PBC today introduced a new large language model, Claude Opus 4.8, that’s significantly better than its predecessor at complex coding tasks. The company announced the LLM alongside another ...

On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million ...

Anthropic has today announced Claude Opus 4.8, the latest version of its AI model, with a focus on improving agentic capabilities. Available now, Claude Opus 4.8 delivers improvements across a number ...

PCWorld reports that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 focuses on improving AI honesty by teaching the model to admit when it lacks information. The model achieved near-perfect scores in honesty benchmarks ...

On benchmarks, Opus 4.8 is a step up rather than a leap. It scores 88.6% on SWE-bench Verified (vs. 87.6% for Opus 4.7), 69.2% on the harder SWE-bench Pro (vs. 64.3%), and 74.6% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 ...

Anthropic today announced the launch of its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.8. Anthropic claims the model is a "more effective collaborator" with improvements in agentic coding, multidisciplinary ...

Anthropic describes Claude Opus 4.8 as having “sharper judgement, more honesty about its progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.” “Early testers report that ...