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AI for Humans · Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Anthropic's Opus 5 Shows Promise, But Remains 'Token Hungry'

Anthropic's new AI model, Opus 5, is being described as a capable model that performs well on benchmarks, even surpassing Fable 5 in some areas. However, users report it is very 'token hungry,' leading to rapid consumption of usage limits.

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So I guess I guess we don't have to kill my source. Thank you, my source.
Having used it enough now, I can say it's a good model. It's a good boy.
It is token hungry in a way that has me chewing through my limits.
I am not very happy about that.
Heard on AI for Humans — “The Singularity Is... Here? GPT-6, Opus 5 & AI's Scariest Week Yet, published Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Anthropic's Opus 5 Shows Promise, But Remains 'Token Hungry' — Heardvine