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Anthropic upgrades Claude Opus 4.8 with faster, cheaper fast mode

Anthropic has released its latest model, Opus 4.8, which offers improved performance for coding tasks. A key highlight for users is the significant enhancement to its "fast mode," making it 2.5 times faster and 3 times cheaper, while the per-token pricing for the standard model remains unchanged. The update also includes increased rate limits, providing a more efficient and cost-effective experience for users running continuous AI jobs. AI

IMPACT Enhances efficiency for AI operators through faster, cheaper fast mode and increased rate limits without price hikes.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic upgrades Claude Opus 4.8 with faster, cheaper fast mode

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · JessYT ·

    Opus 4.8 Launched, but Fast Mode Was the Real Win for Me

    <h1> Opus 4.8 Launched, but Fast Mode Was the Real Win for Me </h1> <p>Yesterday (May 28), Anthropic rolled Opus 4.8 out globally. The announcement was about coding scores climbing again, but since I run Claude Code all day long, something else caught my eye before the benchmark …

  2. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    I had early access to Opus 4.8. Was impressed by it.

    I had early access to Opus 4.8. Was impressed by it. Here is Opus 4.8's one shot of "create a visually interesting shader that can run in twigl, make it like an infinite city of neo-gothic towers partially drowned in a stormy ocean with large waves" (this is all done with math, …