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Apr 17, 2026

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 debuts with performance upgrade, rivals OpenAI’s GPT-5.4

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Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 debuts with performance upgrade, rivals OpenAI’s GPT-5.4

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  1. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 debuts with performance upgrades
  2. Codex desktop app updated with computer control, plugin support
  3. OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind for life sciences, drug discovery
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1. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 debuts with performance upgrade, rivals OpenAI’s GPT-5.4

Claude Opus 4.7 has surpassed GPT-5.4 (xhigh) and Sonnet 4.6 on the GDPval-AA benchmark:

X: Artificial Analysis.

  • The model can accept images up to 2,576 pixels on the long edge, 3x prior Claude models.

  • Uses an “updated tokenizer” that improves text processing but can map the same input to more tokens, Anthropic said.

  • It is less advanced in cyber capabilities than Mythos Preview, Anthropic said.

  • Opus 4.7 costs $5/$25 per million input/output tokens, in line with Opus 4.6, vs. GPT-5.4’s $2.5/$15 (<272K tokens) and GLM-5.1’s $1.4/$4.4.

Additionally, a White House memo said OMB is setting protections to allow agencies to use Anthropic’s Mythos

  • The memo doesn’t confirm timing or use details.

  • Coming weeks: tech and cybersecurity chiefs will receive more details, the memo said.

  • Separately, Anthropic has secured a new London office for 800 staff, days after OpenAI leased its first space in the city.

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3. Codex desktop app updated with computer control, browser, plugin support

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  • Codex has expanded from coding into broader productivity workflows.

  • Computer control lets Codex operate the device autonomously.

  • Includes an in-app browser for automations and web tasks.

  • Can create agents to generate images, charts, and diagrams.

  • 100+ plugins for integrations and expanded capabilities.

  • Available on macOS and Windows, though computer control is macOS-only.

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5. OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind for life sciences, drug discovery research

GPT-Rosalind surpassed GPT-5.4 and earlier models on early benchmarks shared by OpenAI:

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