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Anthropic’s Powerful Claude Opus AI Model Is Getting an Upgrade

The AI company’s models and apps are already upsetting the software industry. Now here comes Opus 4.6.

Anthropic’s most powerful Claude model is leveling up, with the company saying in a blog post Thursday that Claude Opus 4.6 will be even better at coding and creating projects on the first go.

Claude Opus 4.5 is already a powerful coding model, with its release in November setting up Claude Code’s viral vibe-coding moment over the holidays. Claude’s proven coding prowess and new Cowork feature have Wall Street anxious, with many tech stocks falling in recent weeks, over concerns that people won’t need software products in the future.

Anthropic said the new model is more focused on solving the biggest challenges, like the inner workings of complex apps, while also handling the easy steps more quickly. As a reasoning model, Opus 4.6 works by breaking down the steps it needs to take to do what you ask it to and putting together a plan before starting on it. It’ll also go back and check its work on those steps, sometimes making multiple attempts without you asking for it.

Sometimes the model can spend too much effort on a task, which Anthropic said can be resolved by reducing its effort level from the default «high» setting.

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The Claude Opus models are available for paying Claude users on the Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. The cheapest of those, Pro, costs $20 a month (or $17 a month if you pay annually). The Pro plan comes with usage limits for Opus, which users can hit after a few hours of vibe coding and then have to wait several hours for it to reset.

Aside from Opus, Anthropic has smaller, less powerful models in Sonnet 4.5 and Haiku 4.5.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Feb. 6

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 6

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Well, today’s Mini Crossword sure had a different twist! You have to try and figure out what the letters stand for in all the Across clues, and then fill in the word that the letter in parentheses stands for. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: BT(W)
Answer: WAY

4A clue: TL(C)
Answer: CARE

5A clue: NP(R)
Answer: RADIO

6A clue: L(A)N
Answer: AREA

7A clue: T(G)IF
Answer: GOD

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Walked through water
Answer: WADED

2D clue: Opera solo
Answer: ARIA

3D clue: Lead-in to «man,» for a naval title
Answer: YEO

4D clue: Pulitzer-winning writer Robert, famous for his four-book series on Lyndon Johnson
Answer: CARO

5D clue: Cleaning cloth
Answer: RAG

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 6, #501

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 6, No. 501.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

The Winter Olympics start today, and today’s Connections: Sports Edition focuses on the big event. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Cities.

Green group hint: In the air, while on ice.

Blue group hint: Red, white and blue, seeking gold.

Purple group hint: Going down the mountain.