Why Claude Opus 5 is Our Favorite AI Model (For Now)

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 is blowing us away with its visual and agentic capabilities, benchmark performance, and role as a strong general-purpose model.
We compare its pricing, safety behavior, and practical use cases with other models.... And our verdict? This is the model you should use right now.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Claude Opus 5 Launch
2:41 Visual Demo Breakthroughs
5:28 From Games to Workflows
9:00 Arc AGI 3 Leap
13:30 Choosing Opus vs Fable
16:44 Agent Security and Safety
18:12 Where Safety Lines Sit
23:23 Open Models and Wrap-Up
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RESOURCES
Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale
Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213
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Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.