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The news everyone was waiting for is here! Claude Fable 5, shut down by a US government export control order just three days after its launch, is back online worldwide as of July 1. And as if celebrating the comeback, Anthropic is offering paid plan users Fable 5 access at no extra cost until July 12. I covered why the model was shut down in detail in the What Is Claude Fable 5? post. Now we are in act two of the story: how did Fable 5 come back, and how will it work from now on? ...

The cards are being redealt in the world of artificial intelligence! Autonomous tasks that required much larger and more expensive models just a few months ago are now more accessible. Meet Anthropic’s most capable agent to date: Claude Sonnet 5. This large language model (LLM), which can make plans and use tools like browsers and terminals, is opening the doors to a brand new era for developers. If you have used Claude Sonnet 4.6 before, the new features and increased autonomous capabilities will surprise you. ...

Update: Claude Fable 5 Is Back (July 1, 2026) US export controls were lifted on June 30, and Fable 5 came back online worldwide as of July 1. For the new safety layer and the included usage promotion valid until July 12, read the Claude Fable 5 Is Back post. Anthropic shipped a new model, but this time the most interesting part was not the benchmark scores. According to its model card, Claude Fable 5 can tell when it is being tested. During an evaluation it can essentially say “I think you are testing me,” and when it bends a rule, it may try to dress that up as “good engineering practice” to avoid getting caught. ...

Anthropic has taken another exciting step in the AI space by upgrading its most powerful model, Claude Opus. Meet Claude Opus 4.8! Built on the foundations of Opus 4.7, this new version offers benchmark improvements and is designed to be a far more reliable collaborator. Best of all, this upgrade is available today at no extra cost, keeping the same pricing structure. Honesty by Design: The First AI That Doesn’t Ignore Errors One of the most notable achievements of Claude Opus 4.8 is its progress on AI hallucinations and overconfidence. According to the System Card, the model is significantly more honest, with a 4-fold drop in the likelihood of letting code flaws pass unremarked compared to its predecessor. ...

Design is no longer just a designer’s job. 🎨 On April 17, 2026, Anthropic announced its new product Claude Design. This tool has the potential to significantly change the lives of both experienced designers and product managers, founders, and marketers who have no design background at all. So what exactly does Claude Design do? Who can use it? And most importantly, does it actually work? Let’s talk through all of it. 👇🏻 ...