Anthropic (ANT) cuts Fable's price 20% with its 5.2 models and says it held back their AI research skills

Key points Anthropic cut Fable's token prices by 20% Anthropic limited gains in certain AI research skills Anthropic offers Mythos 5.2 to vetted organizations Anthropic (ANT) released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 on November 9, with lower token prices than their predecessors. Fable 5.2 costs developers $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens, 20% less than Fable 5.1, according to Anthropic's pricing page. The two versions share an underlying model but have different safeguards. Fable blocks most cybersecurity and biology work and is available more broadly. Mythos has fewer of those blocks; organizations working in cybersecurity or biomedical research can apply for access through Anthropic's verification programs. The release comes as Anthropic prepares for its IPO. Bloomberg reported that the company could begin formally marketing shares to investors as early as November 10. Our Anthropic IPO valuation page tracks the reported figures.

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