<p>Anthropic shipped <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8">Claude Opus 4.8</a> today. My favourite thing about it is this note in the release announcement:</p> <blockquote> <p>Users will find Opus 4.8 to be a modest but tangible improvement on its predecessor. There’s still more to be done: we’re working on developing and releasing models that provide many of the same capabilities as Opus at a lower cost.</p> </blockquote> <p>It's so refreshing to see an AI lab honestly de
High practical value for developers due to specific technical updates like mid-conversation system messages and reduced caching minimums. It offers a refreshing take on AI incrementalism.