Fast mode for Opus 4.8 is much more affordable now. Try it out in Claude Code, I've found it changes how I use Claude. Fast mode for interactive work where I want rapid responses, normal mode for longer async tasks where I don't need results right away.
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Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8: Faster, Cheaper, and Smarter
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ANTHROPIC ACABA DE LANZAR CLAUDE OPUS 4.8
— Nico (@nicos_ai) 28 mai 2026
Y puede que sea su mejor modelo hasta la fecha:
→ 2.5x más rápido y 3x más barato con modo /fast
→ Trabaja SOLO como un ingeniero senior, sin que lo supervises
→ Lanza cientos de subagentes en paralelo para completar tareas complejas… https://t.co/QSIQ1rvfpo pic.twitter.com/2cNoRMTRDgANTHROPIC JUST RELEASED CLAUDE OPUS 4.8 And it might just be their best model to date: → 2.5x faster and 3x cheaper with /fast mode
→ Works ONLY like a senior engineer, no supervision needed
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User compares AI model 4.8 to 4.6, highlighting collaboration strengths
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„4.8 understands nuances better, feels much more natural to talk to, and is overall a stronger collaborator on everything from coding to knowledge work.“ So big. Is 4.8 being our good old friend 4.6 just better?? Testing time
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Claude Opus 4.8 Now Available in Cursor with Performance Gains
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Claude Opus 4.8 is now available in Cursor. On CursorBench, it's able to work much more efficiently than Opus 4.7. We've also found it to be more persistent on harder tasks.
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Opus 4.8 AI Model Release: Agentic Coding Boost, Faster, Cheaper Modes
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Opus 4.8 is live. Benchmarks especially significant jump in Agentic coding, but more important: „Fast mode is available for Opus 4.8. It's the same model at roughly 2.5x the speed, and we've made it three times cheaper than before.“
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New Claude features: fast mode, dynamic workflows, effort controls
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Also shipping today:
• Fast mode for Opus 4.8 – 2.5x faster, 3x cheaper vs 4.7
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New LangChain Academy Course on Scaling Deep Agent Deployment
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New LangChain Academy Course: Intro to LangSmith Deployment
— LangChain (@LangChain) 28 mai 2026
In this course, you’ll learn how to scale a single-user desktop Deep Agent all the way to a multi-tenant deployment running on managed, elastic infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/pFXZRhTZDHNew LangChain Academy Course: Intro to LangSmith Deployment In this course, you’ll learn how to scale a single-user desktop Deep Agent all the way to a multi-tenant deployment running on managed, elastic infrastructure.
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Gemini API Video-to-Image Generation: Frame Optimization
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API docs here: https://
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Nano Banana 2 Video-to-Image Feature Launch
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Fun new feature landing in Nano Banana 2 today:
— fofr (@fofrAI) 28 mai 2026
video-to-image
Pass a video or YouTube URL to Nano Banana 2 along with your prompt, and it'll use the video as context to make the image.
> create a comic strip from this video pic.twitter.com/1raoUB1UlTFun new feature landing in Nano Banana 2 today: video-to-image Pass a video or YouTube URL to Nano Banana 2 along with your prompt, and it'll use the video as context to make the image. > create a comic strip from this video
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Perplexity Computer now helps prepare federal tax returns
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https://t.co/b774dXzDJ7 https://t.co/NeC9DfB4rI
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) 28 mai 2026Perplexity Computer can now help prepare your federal tax return. Select “Navigate my taxes” on Computer to give it a shot.