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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.7; Brands it Lesser Capable to Mythos

April 16, 2026 11:46 PM IST | Written by Vaibhav Jha

Anthropic AI launched Claude Opus 4.7, their latest AI model customized to handle complex, long running tasks, takes prompts literally and conducts its own ‘fact-checking’ process before reporting, claimed the company.

The launch of Claude Opus 4.7 comes in the wake of Anthropic’s recent decision to restrict the use of their frontier AI model Claude Mythos for public use as the company claimed it was “too dangerous” because of its capabilities.

Incidentally, Anthropic has marketed Claude Opus 4.7 as a “lesser capable” AI model to Claude Mythos. The company claimed that Opus 4.7 will also come with necessary safety benchmarks that will eventually help them evaluate the safeguards for the Mythos model. For now, Anthropic has offered a preview version of Mythos model to select few tech giants.

“We are releasing Opus 4.7 with safeguards that automatically detect and block requests that indicate prohibited or high-risk cybersecurity uses. What we learn from the real-world deployment of these safeguards will help us work towards our eventual goal of a broad release of Mythos-class models,” read a statement released by Anthropic on Thursday.

Introducing Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable Opus model yet.

It handles long-running tasks with more rigor, follows instructions more precisely, and verifies its own outputs before reporting back.

You can hand off your hardest work with less supervision. pic.twitter.com/PtlRdpQcG5

— Claude (@claudeai) April 16, 2026

Explaining the capabilities of Opus 4.7, Anthropic claimed that the latest model is designed to take prompts “literally”, has better vision for high resolution images and shows attention to detailing with more rigorous research.

“where previous models interpreted instructions loosely or skipped parts entirely, Opus 4.7 takes the instructions literally. Users should re-tune their prompts and harnesses accordingly,” read a statement from Anthropic.

The Opus 4.7 version is available to users at an average price of $20 for a month.

Also Read: Claude Mythos: Imminent Threat or Marketing Hype by Anthropic?

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Vaibhav Jha

Vaibhav Jha is an Editor and Co-founder of AI FrontPage. In his decade long career in journalism, Vaibhav has reported for publications including The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, and The New York Times, covering the intersection of technology, policy, and society. Outside work, he’s usually trying to persuade people to watch Anurag Kashyap films.