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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8 today: Features, pricing and how it compares with OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 and Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro explained

Claude Opus 4.8 explained

Claude Opus 4.8 explained: Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.8, its newest flagship artificial intelligence model, as competition in the AI industry continues to accelerate. The launch comes as Anthropic and rival OpenAI move closer toward potential public market debuts later this year.

Claude Opus 4.8 Compared With GPT-5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro

According to Anthropic, Claude Opus 4.8 outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 and Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro across a number of synthetic AI benchmarks, as per a report.

These tests included areas such as agentic coding, agentic financial analysis, and agentic computer use, categories that are becoming increasingly important as businesses explore AI-powered automation tools.

 

 

What Anthropic Means by “Agentic” AI

Anthropic described AI agents as semi-autonomous or fully autonomous digital helpers capable of performing tasks on behalf of users, as per a Yahoo Finance report.

As more companies experiment with AI agents across their operations, these capabilities are becoming a growing focus in the broader AI industry.

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Anthropic Says Claude Opus 4.8 Is More “Honest”

The company also said Claude Opus 4.8 is designed to be more “honest” than earlier versions.

According to Anthropic, the model is less likely to present unsupported information as factual and is more likely to communicate uncertainties when it does not have enough supporting information, as per the Yahoo Finance report.

The company says this reduces the chances of unsupported claims appearing in responses.

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New Dynamic Workflow Features Introduced

Alongside Opus 4.8, Anthropic announced additional features across its broader AI product lineup.

One of those features is called dynamic workflows, which the company says can deploy hundreds of smaller subagents simultaneously to complete tasks and deliver results.

Anthropic also introduced new controls that allow users to adjust how much effort Claude puts into completing tasks.

Users Can Now Control AI Effort Levels

The company says users will be able to decide whether Claude should spend more time and resources on a task or complete it more quickly with less effort, according to the Yahoo Finance report.

This feature will be available both in browsers and in Claude Cowork.

Using lower effort settings can also reduce the number of tokens consumed during conversations with AI services.

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