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Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6)
watching60% by Nov 30Not out yet. Anthropic hasn't released Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6), and no release date is confirmed. What we know so far: unannounced — armed on the cadence the moment 5.5 shipped, not on a leak; Oct 11: users on X (@Mr_Salio, @kimmonismus, @koltregaskes) report Opus 5.5 and Fable 5 on claude.ai answering from a newer checkpoint, with a 'VoxelBench' knowledge question going round as the tell; unconfirmed, Anthropic silent, no new Opus id on OpenRouter (Oct 11); Oct 29: @legit_api and @Mr_Salio report a new Opus checkpoint in early testing alongside a newer Fable one; unconfirmed, and no new Opus id on OpenRouter or models.dev (read 15:00 UTC). Swept every 60 seconds across provider catalogs. The moment it answers on a public API, alerts fire: a text or a call on paid plans the second it's confirmed, then a free Chrome push and email about 15 minutes later.
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Current model in this line
Claude Opus 5.5, live since September 22, 2026 · $4 / $20 per 1M tokens on Anthropic's API · AW Index 98.1.
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Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6): quick answers
Is Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6) out yet?
Not yet. ArtificialWatch has not seen Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6) answer on any public API it sweeps. The moment it does, subscribers get an alert.
When will Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6) be released?
The vendor has not shipped it. Prediction markets put it at 60% by Nov 30 (Polymarket, refreshed every 30 minutes). Markets are sentiment, not a promise.
Which model is current until Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6) ships?
The current model in this line is Claude Opus 5.5 from Anthropic, live since September 22, 2026.
Who makes Next Claude Opus (5.6+ / 6)?
Anthropic. ArtificialWatch also tracks Claude Haiku 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Opus 5.5, Fable 5.1, Mythos 5.1, Claude Opus 5, Fable 5 and Claude Sonnet 5 from Anthropic.
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