
Anthropic Ships Opus 4.8 with Multi-Agent Workflows
Claude Opus 4.8 launches with dynamic workflows for parallel subagent orchestration, hitting 69.2% on SWE-bench Pro and introducing granular effort controls at unchanged pricing.
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Claude Opus 4.8 launches with dynamic workflows for parallel subagent orchestration, hitting 69.2% on SWE-bench Pro and introducing granular effort controls at unchanged pricing.

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