Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama

Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped, but behind every headline lies a deeper story. From a bonanza of benchmarks, to seeing the fruits of one of the biggest mega-projects in US history, to sneaky Mythos disclaimers, to Anthropic admitting compute restraints and, forcing lower capability of Opus 4.7. Where the new model falls behind Gemini but ahead of GPT 5.4, plus why some users are furious at Anthropic. Ending with a 9-year animus, that still affects AI today…https://assemblyai.com/aiexplainedCheck out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.aiAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:58 - Benchmarks05:21 - Market Share + Compute Problems08:12 - Mythos Exclusives12:56 - User Frustration + Claude Code Updates14:03 - Brockman Amodei Rivalry17:40 - OpenAI vs Anthropic Approach to CodeClaude 4.7 Opus Release Notes: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7vs Mythos: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGCGugrXUAAKcHp?format=jpg&name=medium232-page System Card: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdfARC-AGI 2: https://x.com/arcprize/status/2044834615417053305/photo/1ParseBench: https://x.com/jerryjliu0/status/2044902620746363016/photo/1GDPVal: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aaVidoc Security Replication: https://blog.vidocsecurity.com/blog/we-reproduced-anthropics-mythos-findings-with-public-modelsBoris Cherny Settings: https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2043016923961577516/photo/2User Frustration: https://x.com/RileyRalmuto/status/2044836116189069660VibeCode Bench: https://x.com/ValsAI/status/2044791415524471099/photo/1Verge Memo: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/911118/openai-memo-cro-ai-competition-anthropic5.4 Cyber: ​​https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/Data Centers in Absolute $: https://x.com/finmoorhouse/status/2044933442236776794/photo/1…in % of GDP: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGEN8FGWQAAN7Np?format=jpg&name=4096x4096WSJ Exclusive: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-decadelong-feud-shaping-the-future-of-ai-7075acdeBrockman Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vYvk7R190$1T Valuation: https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2045039686997967082Emotions: https://www.patreon.com/c/aiexplained/postshttps://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarksNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/