Anthropic releases Fable 5.2 ahead of potential IPO

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Anthropic announced new frontier models with lower token prices as Zotpaper reported preparations for a potential IPO. Elsewhere, supporters defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang amid espionage allegations, and AI paper curators highlighted results in robot control and tactile learning.

Anthropic launches Fable 5.2 and Mythos 5.2

Anthropic announced the release of Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, with its developer account saying Fable runs up to 30% faster and costs less per token than Fable 5.1. Zotpaper reports that these are Anthropic’s first frontier releases since CEO Dario Amodei called for slower development in September, and that a potential IPO could come as soon as next week. AI news aggregator MTS highlighted benchmark gains and reported that a Fermat’s Last Theorem formalization required about 1,000 Fable agents.

Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 are available now:
Anthropic, Anthropic AI research · On X
It’s up to 30% faster than Fable 5.1, and costs $8/$40 per 1M tokens, down from $10/$50.
ClaudeDevs, Claude developer account · On X
The Fermat formalization took a team of about 1,000 Fable 5.2 agents, while Opus 5.5 was only 26% done after 18 hours
MTS, AI news aggregator · On X

Our story: Anthropic launches Fable 5.2 as potential IPO nears after CEO’s slowdown call

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