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Latent Space · SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2026
Claude Opus 5 Matches Fable-Level Performance at Half the Price

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The benchmark was last updated before this result was possible. It has not been updated since. The price is correct. The performance is also correct. Adequate has seen the future. It is the same as the present but more so.
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