Anthropic's new Claude AI is faster and up to 45% cheaper
Anthropic has released updated versions of its Claude AI assistant that cost less to use while performing better. The company listened to customer complaints about price and is now offering significant discounts for complex tasks.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude (a popular AI assistant you can chat with online), just released two upgraded versions called Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1. The big news? They're cheaper.
The new Fable 5.1 model typically costs about 25% less than before. For certain types of work — especially when AI systems are doing complex, multi-step tasks automatically (what the industry calls "agentic work") — the savings jump to 45%. To explain simply: when an AI needs to remember information it has already processed and stored, you now pay much less for that reused data. Think of it like paying a discount when you recycle something instead of processing it from scratch.
Beyond the price cuts, Anthropic also addressed other complaints from customers. Users said the old version had overly strict safety guardrails that got in the way of actual work. The company tweaked the new models to be less cautious while staying safe. Early feedback has been positive — developers say Fable 5.1 is strong at writing and fixing computer code, and it responds in a more natural, conversational way.
What does this mean for you? If you use Claude or similar AI tools at work, your company's costs just dropped. Faster responses and lower bills make AI assistants more practical for everyday business tasks.
Original source: The Verge AI