LaunchAI ModelsJuly 24, 2026
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 5

Claude Opus 5 offers 1M context at $10/$50 per million tokens and outperforms all models except Anthropic's Fable 5 on WANDR, while being 57% cheaper. Available on Claude API, Claude Code, Amazon Bedrock, and Perplexity.
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Introducing Claude Opus 5 on AWS: Anthropic’s most capable Opus modelaws.amazon.com
2.1.219code.claude.com
v2.1.219github.com
Introducing Claude Opus 5anthropic.com
Opus 5 is now available as an orchestrator model inside the Perplexity Computer harness for all Pro...x.com
Claude Opus 5: The System Cardthezvi.substack.com
[AINews] Claude Opus 5: Fable-level performance at Opus price (half Fable)latent.space
Quoting Boris Chernysimonwillison.net
Anthropic's new AI model rivals Fable 5 and is cheaper as businesses fret about costscnbc.com
Anthropic Unveils More Cost-Efficient Model for Everyday Tasksbloomberg.com
I've already had to update the guide to which AI models to use that I wrote on Thursday to include O...bsky.app
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