Anthropic reveals new Opus 4.6 model with more autonomy and better focus – 9to5Mac

Anthropic has announced its latest AI model with Claude Opus 4.6. The new version arrives just two months after the previous model upgrade.

Anthropic described its previous model in late November as “intelligent, efficient, and the best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use.” This time around, Claude Opus “plans more carefully, stays on task longer, and works more autonomously, so you can do more with less back-and-forth.”

Here’s what the company has to say about its new Claude Opus 4.6 model:

The new Claude Opus 4.6 improves on its predecessor’s coding skills. It plans more carefully, sustains agentic tasks for longer, can operate more reliably in larger codebases, and has better code review and debugging skills to catch its own mistakes. And, in a first for our Opus-class models, Opus 4.6 features a 1M token context window in beta.

Opus 4.6 can also apply its improved abilities to a range of everyday work tasks: running financial analyses, doing research, and using and creating documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Within Cowork, where Claude can multitask autonomously, Opus 4.6 can put all these skills to work on your behalf.

Anthropic is also investing in its Microsoft Excel integration and introducing PowerPoint integration.

We’ve made substantial upgrades to Claude in Excel, and we’re releasing Claude in PowerPoint in a research preview. This makes Claude much more capable for everyday work.

The new version of Claude Opus is out today:

Claude Opus 4.6 is available today on claude.ai, our API, and all major cloud platforms. If you’re a developer, use claude-opus-4-6 via the Claude API. Pricing remains the same at $5/$25 per million tokens; for full details, see our pricing page.

You can read the full announcement here.