Anthropic Releases New Claude Model, Positions It as a Cost-Efficient Version of Fable 5

Anthropic Releases New Claude Model, Positions It as a Cost-Efficient Version of Fable 5

Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 at 50% of Fable 5's cost with strong coding performance. The release addresses the AI budget crisis—Uber spent 2026's budget in 4 months—and counters Chinese models like Kimi K3 undercutting American alternatives on benchmarks.