TL;DR
- Anthropic has released its latest flagship model: Opus 4.8.
- It performs better than Opus 4.7 across all benchmarks, and has a cheaper ‘fast mode’ than previous models.
- Claude is also getting ‘Dynamic workflows’ in research preview, and new effort controls.
If you’re a Claude user, there are several new features and improvements headed your way. A new flagship model, effort controls, and a lot more are now available.
Anthropic today announced the latest version of its flagship model, Claude Opus 4.8, alongside several new features. The new model builds upon the strengths of Opus 4.7 and delivers better benchmark scores in almost every aspect.
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