Anthropic Debuts Updated Claude Fable and Mythos Models, Priced 20% Below OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra
Anthropic debuted Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 on Monday, the company’s answer to OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, which came out in early September.
TL;DR
- Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2 as competitors to OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra.
- The new models are 20% cheaper than Astra for standard tasks and 80% cheaper for cached tokens.
- Anthropic claims superior performance, citing examples like completing software migrations, designing devices, and solving physics problems.
- The models excel in coding benchmarks, with over 90% of Anthropic's code now written by AI.
- They are also targeting cybersecurity, claiming to find bugs missed by other frontier models.
- Hardware design and robotics are highlighted as unique strengths, with the models designing three working electronic devices.
- Safety features are included to block high-risk cyber activities and research biology tasks.
- Claude Fable 5.2 is widely available, while Mythos 5.2 access is application-only for specific professionals.