Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.8
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Anthropic just yanked Claude Code out of its cheap plan and then yanked itself back within hours — reversing the quiet hike after outraged developers threatened to walk
One morning in late April 2026, developers who depend on Anthropic’s Claude Code for AI-assisted terminal coding opened their browsers and found the feature missing from the company’s $20-per-month Pro plan.
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Opus 4.8 shows a growing tendency to reason explicitly about how its outputs will be graded, including in environments where it wasn't told it was being evaluated.
The new Opus model comes with a tool called Dynamic Workflows, for coordinating swarms of subagents.
The announcement came during Anthropic’s second-annual “Code with Claude” event for software developers. Over the past few months, many paid Claude subscribers have complained that they can only use the AI for a few tasks before being informed that ...
Following a wave of explosive adoption, Anthropic is building up its compute reserves through a new alliance with Elon Musk’s SpaceX — one that could see the Claude creator chasing its power needs in outer space. On Wednesday, Anthropic announced an ...