Anthropic on Friday is releasing Claude Opus 5, a new AI model designed to deliver performance close to its most powerful model, Fable, on many tasks at half the price, the company said.
Why it matters: Opus 5 is Anthropic's fourth Claude 5 model release in less than two months, underscoring how AI deployment has shifted from blockbuster launches to rapid improvements on capability, cost and speed.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that despite the chip industry's long history of boom-and-bust behavior, "this time is different."
Why it matters: As the leader of the world's most valuable public company and the most important maker of AI semiconductors, Huang's words carry weight when it comes to an industry that is increasingly driving the markets and the economy.
