Claude Opus 5 Released: Anthropic's New Flagship Model

Claude Opus 5 Released: Anthropic's New Flagship Model

Anthropic today announced Claude Opus 5, the new flagship of the Claude family. The model brings a major jump over Opus 4.8 in agentic coding, knowledge work, computer use, and scientific research. Best of all, these gains ship at the same price. Let’s look at what the new model offers and where it stands against its rivals 🚀 What Is Claude Opus 5? Opus 5 is Anthropic’s most capable general-access model to date. Replacing Opus 4.8, it shines especially in complex, long-horizon agentic tasks. ...

July 24, 2026 ·  Updated: July 24, 2026 ·  7 min ·  1321 words