"The new release could add new capabilities to Anthropic's Claude Code coding assistant, which is facing growing competitive pressure from OpenAI's Codex. Anthropic says Opus 4.6 improves on its predecessor's coding skills, planning, and, perhaps most importantly, its ability to reason more clearly when handling large amounts of information. When Opus 4.6 powers Claude Code, the coding agent can comprehend larger codebases and make more thoughtful decisions about how and where to add new code, the company says."
""Previously, we would see things like, maybe the model gets lost in the middle, or it might forget details," Opus product manager Dianne Penn tells Fast Company. "I wouldn't say Opus 4.6 is perfect-humans or other past models aren't perfect-but we think that the quality improvement is pretty significant." Opus's longer memory also allows it to work on complicated tasks for extended periods, enabling Claude Code users to assemble teams of agents that collaborate on tasks."
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 as an upgrade to Opus 4.5, targeting improved coding, planning, and long-context reasoning. Opus 4.6 boosts Claude Code's ability to comprehend larger codebases, make more thoughtful decisions about where to add code, and offer better code review and debugging. The model increases effective long-term memory and supports extended workflows, enabling teams of agent processes to collaborate on complex tasks. Anthropic acknowledges the model is not perfect but reports significant quality improvements in reasoning with large amounts of information. The release intensifies competition with OpenAI's Codex and the broader surge in AI coding tools.
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