{"slug": "anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet", "title": "Anthropic release Claude Opus 5, its safest model yet", "summary": "Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, calling it its safest and most aligned model to date, with the lowest rates of deceptiveness and susceptibility to misuse among prior models. The model is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, matching Opus 4.8's pricing, and is available as the default on Claude Max ($100/month) and the strongest model on Claude Pro ($20/month).", "body_md": "# Anthropic release Claude Opus 5, its 'safest model yet'\n\nAnthropic has unveiled a new AI model it says comes close to Claude Fable 5 in its levels of intelligence — at half the price.\n\nClaude Opus 5 was just [ released](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5) by Anthropic on Friday. The AI company is already pushing the model out as the default model on Claude Max, Anthropic's highest subscription plan which starts at $100 a month. It's also the strongest available model on Claude Pro, the company's $20-per-month subscription tier.\n\nOpus 5 is \"designed to be used every day,\" Anthropic says, adding that it's more efficient than the company's previous models.\n\n[Terms of Use](https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use)and\n\n[Privacy Policy](https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy).\n\n**You May Also Like**\n\nMost notably, the company calls Opus 5 its \"most aligned model to date.\" This means Opus 5 abides by \"human values\" and safety guidelines.\n\nWhen compared to prior models like Opus 4.8, Sonnet 5, or Fable 5, Opus 5 has the lowest rates of deceptiveness and is the least susceptible to being tricked into misuse, Anthropic says of its \"safest model yet.\"\n\nClaude Opus 5 is available as of Friday July 24, across Anthropic's platforms. The model costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, which is equivalent to Opus 4.8's pricing.\n\nTopics\n[Artificial Intelligence](https://mashable.com/category/artificial-intelligence)\n[Anthropic](https://mashable.com/category/anthropic)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet", "canonical_source": "https://mashable.com/tech/anthropic-releases-claude-opus-5", "published_at": "2026-07-24 19:31:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-24 20:11:05.883540+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Opus 5", "Claude Fable 5", "Claude Max", "Claude Pro", "Opus 4.8", "Sonnet 5"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-release-claude-opus-5-its-safest-model-yet.jsonld"}}