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Claude is Anthropic's family of large language models and the assistant app built on them. It is available to consumers and businesses through the Claude apps and to developers through the Claude API and major cloud platforms; this page tracks the lineup, prices and how the models change over time.

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Checked Oct 8

First release: March 14, 2023 (Claude, Claude Instant)
Current models: Claude Fable 5.1 (claude-fable-5-1), Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5), Claude Sonnet 5.5 (claude-sonnet-5-5), Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5)
Context window / max output: 1M tokens / 128K tokens (all four current models)
API list prices (input / output per million tokens): Fable 5.1 $10/$50; Opus 5.5 $4/$20; Sonnet 5.5 $2/$10; Haiku 5.5 "from $0.10 / from $0.50"
Anthropic's default recommendation: Start with Opus 5.5; use Fable 5.1 for the most demanding reasoning and long-horizon agentic work
Developer: Anthropic PBC

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Models · ExplainerWhy is Claude Fable 5 unavailable? The June export-control ban, its return, and what you can use nowWhy is Claude Fable 5 unavailable? The US government's June 12, 2026 export-control order forced Anthropic to switch it off worldwide. The ban was lifted on June 30 and Fable 5 came back on July 1. If you still can't pick it today, the cause is almost always your plan or usage credits.Oct 16·9 min read

Products · ExplainerWhy is Claude 18+? Anthropic's age rule, how accounts get flagged as minors, and how to get back inWhy is Claude 18+? Anthropic's consumer terms require Claude users to be adults, and the company disables accounts its systems think belong to minors. Here's how flags happen, what the Yoti age check involves, and the documented ways to unlock a wrongly flagged account.Oct 16·7 min read

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Industry · NewsBank of America added 1,000 contractors to patch flaws found by Claude Mythos, Moynihan says, and expects $700 million in AI benefits in 2027Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said on October 14, 2026, that the bank brought in 1,000 contractors in the second quarter to patch software flaws found with Anthropic's Claude Mythos, and that AI project benefits should grow from $250–300 million in 2026 to $700 million in 2027.Oct 16·5 min read

Industry · NewsAccenture caps central Claude funding at $29 a month per employee, 404 Media reports. Why agentic AI blows up per-seat budgetsAccenture now centrally funds only $29 a month of Claude usage per employee, according to an internal announcement seen by 404 Media on October 15, 2026. Some staff said they spend $500 to $1,000 a month. The Accenture Claude spending cap shows why agentic coding breaks per-seat AI budgets.Oct 16·5 min read

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Developers · NewsMicrosoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday: a record 1,400+ CVEs, one exploited Windows Shell zero-day, and what to patch firstMicrosoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday, released October 13, fixed more than 1,400 CVEs by the count in Microsoft's Security Update Guide, the first four-digit monthly release and a record for the second month running. One Windows Shell bug is under active attack and on CISA's KEV list, and one of its credited finders used Claude.Oct 14·5 min read

Developers · NewsLinus Torvalds used Claude Code to draft a Linux kernel page cache speedup: what it does and what Claude wroteOn October 10, 2026, Linus Torvalds published an experimental eight-patch Linux kernel series that lets many threads read the same cached file without fighting over one counter. He says Claude Code wrote the code, tests and first draft of the description under his direction, and measurements on his laptop show about 3x throughput in one narrow test.Oct 14·5 min read

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