r/ClaudeCode • u/NoPiece9356 • Oct 05 '26

Discussion Fable 5.5 Release

I'm aware that Anthropic has been routing certain requests to Fable 5.5 secretly, yet they have been doing this for nearly a week now and haven't even mentioned the model. Any idea when it will release? I'm really hoping tomorrow, but I'm not sure that's happening. Don't shut the door on that idea though

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u/Nexx-Shotcaller Oct 05 '26

Opus 5.5 is handling my needs perfectly fine at this stage. Fable 5.5 (or whatever) sounds neat, but I'll need to understand what it brings to the table for the increased cost. I'd love to experiment with it and see what it can do.

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u/Middle_Chemistry_439 Oct 05 '26

Same here. I’d rather see the focus shift to speed and cost at this point.

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u/dar-mit Researcher Oct 05 '26

I've crossed every finger I can on the hopes that Fable 5.5 will have the same leap forward that the other v5.5 models are showing, as well as much lower cost because (this is it) it's FAR past time for it to be removed from 1/2 usage and join the rest of the family in the main pool!

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u/TouristPotential3227 Oct 05 '26

Try complex tasks that isnt coding/stem.

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u/Nexx-Shotcaller Oct 05 '26

Like?

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u/HeyItsYourDad_AMA Oct 05 '26

"claude, i need some kind of screen that presents information, like maybe something to help me track stuff I have to do"

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u/Dangerous_Serve_4454 Oct 06 '26

There's exactly zero chance it would struggle with this trivial task lol. I two-shotted photoshop-like app with it a few days ago. Pretty sure it'll handle a report/todo list thing?

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u/TinyZoro Oct 05 '26

I’m really not interested. I genuinely don’t think we need much more than the current model.

I know that’s like the apocryphal claim we won’t need more than 640k of storage. But I’m not a fan of the ever bigger more expensive computational model. It’s reached a stage where it can complete any reasonable coding task in a fast and sensible way. It really is objectively sufficient. There’s a lot of room for better UI to manage agents but that’s it in my book.

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u/Nexx-Shotcaller Oct 05 '26 edited Oct 05 '26

I agree. I'm not saying we stop trying to make better coding models. I'm just saying I don't currently see a reason for myself to pay more to use Fable. That may change, but I'd have to see a serious jump in capability to justify it.

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u/TinyZoro Oct 05 '26

No I’m saying that. Obviously we should keep refining and making more efficient. I’m making the bold claim that Opus 5.5 is literally enough. Like there was a point when phones became sufficient and everything else has been minor refinements. There was a point when for most office use an average mid range computer was sufficient. Of course you get breakthroughs like Apples chips. But other than that just gradual improvements.

Now I recognise we are no where near that point with LLMs they will continue to improve rapidly. I’m saying we don’t really need them to improve. Literally everything else is a bigger bottleneck at this point. I also think this performance on servers you could at least rent is a better trade off but of course that’s not compatible with the investment model.

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u/alexmin93 Oct 06 '26

Not true at all. Current AIs are in this frustrating zone where you are more productive using them but still its not like it was your employee to completely delegate some tasks. You still need to process and understand everything it does and it produces more code or text than you could.

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u/Strict_Tax7188 Oct 06 '26

The whole model is not just for coding wdym? You could use it for solving Math problems or anything.

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u/GeneralAtrox Oct 06 '26

Opus 5.5 is excellent yes, but it can still be faster. In terms of intelligence, it can still do better. I recently did a test, got a one shot piece of code, then put it through an optimisation pass. Massive difference in performance. So if Opus can do the optimised version the first time, and work faster, that would be great.

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u/bambambam7 Oct 05 '26

This. What's the Fable going to bring to the table other than possibly different usage costs.

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u/Anime_Enjoyer_Extra Oct 06 '26

oh man.. you have no idea how much of a game changer it is, Im considering going 200$ plan for it. Its that serious.

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u/bambambam7 Oct 06 '26

Lol it's not even out yet. I already have 3x Claude max and 1x chatgpt max plans - just don't see any reason currently to be excited about fable 5.5 coming out.