Opus 5 costs a third of the price — and that’s actually the problem Anthropic launched Opus 5 on Friday, the latest iteration of its heavyweight model, arriving just two months after Opus 4.8. The new model costs a third of the price of its predecessor, which the company frames as a problem. On Friday, Anthropic launched Opus 5, the latest iteration of its heavyweight model. Arriving just two months after Opus 4.8 The post Opus 5 costs a third of the price — and that’s actually the problem appeared first on The New Stack.