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28th May 2026

Release llm-anthropic 0.25.1 — LLM access to models by Anthropic, including the Claude series
  • New model: Claude Opus 4.8 (claude-opus-4.8).
  • New -o fast 1 option for fast mode, for organizations with that feature enabled on their account.
  • Default max_tokens for each model now defaults to that model's maximum output rather than 8,192. #72

See also my notes on Opus 4.8 - I used this new release of llm-anthropic to generate the pelicans.

This is a beat by Simon Willison, posted on 28th May 2026.

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