Anthropic released a research preview of Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.8 on the Claude API.

Speed is the primary constraint for Opus models and this preview targets latency for high intelligence tasks.

The restriction on sampling parameters requires developers to use default model behavior while testing these faster inference speeds.

• Jul 22, 2026Grok 4.5 is available in the API console for EU users.
• Jul 22, 2026Google pricing page removed the prior Gemini API pricing content line.
• Jul 22, 2026Gemini pricing snapshot removed API pricing copy and plan descriptions

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