Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 5.5
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Claude Opus 5.5 has become the default Opus. The official description states that it "performs at the same level as Fable 5.1 for many tasks and is 40% cheaper to operate than Opus 5." However, such descriptions do not always translate to one's own usage.
Claude Opus 5.5 provide Fable 5.1-level performance on most work while Anthropic says typical workloads cost 40% less than Opus 5 with stronger agent safeguards