Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.8 with Dynamic Workflows, 3x Cheaper Fast Mode, and Near-Mythos Alignment
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, a rapid upgrade featuring Dynamic Workflows that allow the model to orchestrate hundreds of parallel subagents for complex tasks. The new model also includes a significantly cheaper "Fast Mode" for accelerated inference and an "effort control" slider to adjust reasoning depth. Opus 4.8 shows a notable improvement in honesty and alignment, approaching the performance of Anthropic's internal Mythos model. AI
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