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Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
Published July 24, 2026 · Category: Tech
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Today, Anthropic rolled out Opus 5, the newest update for the model that has recently become a popular choice for coding and other software development tasks, among other things.
While this is a noteworthy bump for Opus, it doesn't seem to be an Opus 4.5-level breakthrough in agentic coding performance.
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Originally published at arstechnica.com.
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