CriticalCapability
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 with Fast Mode and New Capabilities
Action Required
Users must migrate to Claude Opus 4.6 to take advantage of the new fast mode and other capabilities, and they will pay a premium price for this enhanced performance.
AI Impact Summary
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.6 with a new research preview fast mode that offers up to 2.5x faster output token generation. This new mode is available at premium pricing and requires users to join a waitlist. The company also announced the general availability of the effort parameter, replacing budget_tokens for controlling thinking depth, and the compaction API for infinite conversations. These updates highlight Anthropic's continued investment in model performance and capabilities.
Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 with Fast Mode and New Capabilities
Affected Systems
Claude Opus 4.6
- Date
- Date not specified
- Change type
- capability
- Severity
- critical