Anthropic rolls out Opus 5 AI model in efficiency upgrade

2 min readJul 25, 2026 09:55 AM IST Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 5, its latest AI model designed for coding and everyday office tasks. (Image: Reuters)Anthropic on Friday launched Opus 5, its latest AI model that the startup ⁠says ​nears the capabilities of its more powerful cousin Fable 5 at half the price. The San Francisco-based lab said the new Claude AI model was well suited for daily office ​and ​computer programming tasks.In an interview with ⁠Reuters, Anthropic product leader Dianne Penn said the release, more efficient than May’s Opus 4.8, ‌reflected a rapid pace of development. “We’re building and continue to consistently deliver frontier intelligence and bring that as accessibly as possible with every model generation,” said Penn. In testing, Opus 5 was less capable of e