What are the key improvements in Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6?

Claude Opus 4.6 features a 1 million token context window, improved planning capabilities, and introduces 'agent teams' for autonomous project coordination, surpassing competitors on benchmarks.

How does Claude Opus 4.6 compare to OpenAI's GPT-5.2?

Opus 4.6 reportedly outperforms OpenAI's GPT-5.2 on key enterprise benchmarks, including economically valuable knowledge work tasks.

What is 'agent teams' in Claude Code?

Agent teams is a research preview feature that enables multiple AI agents to work simultaneously on different aspects of a coding project, coordinating autonomously.

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Anthropic's Opus 4.6 Ignites AI Race

5 Feb

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Summary

Opus 4.6 boasts a 1 million token context window.
Agent teams enable coordinated autonomous coding projects.
Model leads benchmarks in coding and reasoning tasks.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 on Thursday, an advanced AI model designed for improved planning and sustained autonomous workflows. This upgrade surpasses competitors like OpenAI's GPT-5.2 on critical enterprise benchmarks, arriving during a turbulent period for the AI and software industries.

The new Opus-class models feature a 1 million token context window, enabling unprecedented data processing. Additionally, Claude Code introduces 'agent teams,' allowing multiple AI agents to autonomously coordinate on different coding project aspects.

This release escalates the competition between Anthropic and OpenAI, both leading AI companies. OpenAI recently launched its own Codex desktop application, aiming to capture market share in AI coding assistants. Both companies are vying for dominance in a rapidly growing market.