Anthropic Ships Opus 4.8 With 'Honesty' Push as Valuation Nears $1 Trillion
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved honesty and coding, closing a $65 billion funding round at $965 billion valuation.
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Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved honesty and coding, closing a $65 billion funding round at $965 billion valuation.
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