# Anthropic Ships a Flagship That Is Not Its Best Model

- slug: anthropic-ships-a-flagship-that-is-not-its-best-model
- date: 2026-04-16
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 Thursday — then admitted in its own technical docs it is not the best model the company has built. The better one, Mythos Preview, is locked to five partners. Developers on the public API get the second-tier version, at the same price.

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