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Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for select partners.

Anthropic has released the AI model Claude Fable 5 to the public and launched Claude Mythos 5 for a select group of Project Glasswing partners.

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