Introducing Claude Opus 4.8

Anthropic
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.8, offering improved reasoning, agentic capabilities, and new features like effort control and dynamic workflows.

Summary

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, an upgraded model featuring enhanced reasoning, improved agentic task performance, and greater reliability. The model introduces 'effort control,' allowing users to adjust how much processing power Claude dedicates to tasks, and supports 'dynamic workflows' for large-scale engineering projects. Additionally, Opus 4.8 offers faster performance, better honesty in reporting uncertainties, and more efficient tool usage, all while maintaining the same pricing as its predecessor.

(Source:Anthropic)