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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with cheaper fast mode and parallel agents

Fast mode is 3x cheaper and runs at 2.5x speed. The model can spawn hundreds of parallel subagents for codebase-scale tasks, with near-Mythos level alignment and improved honesty.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 with cheaper fast mode and parallel agents — AIBriefs