Anthropic ships Claude Fable 5.2 and restricted Mythos 5.2
Anthropic released one underlying model through two access paths: safeguarded Claude Fable 5.2 on all supported platforms and less-restricted Claude Mythos 5.2 for verified cyber and life-sciences organizations. The API model is claude-fable-5-2, with 1M-token context, up to 128k output tokens, adaptive thinking and optional fast mode.
Why it matters: The release changes the top end of Anthropic's technical-work stack while lowering standard API prices from the 5.1 generation to $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. It also makes safety routing, retention and verification status…