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Anthropic teases Claude Opus 5.5 with early creative demos

A short thread from Anthropic's Claude account shows first outputs from the unreleased Opus 5.5 model, including an AI-written short story about a watermelon.

What to know

  • Anthropic's official Claude account previewed sample outputs from an unreleased model, Claude Opus 5.5.
  • The preview thread, including a watermelon-themed short story, drew over 8,000 points of engagement on X.
  • No formal release date, pricing, or capability details for Opus 5.5 were included in the available material.

Anthropic Developer of Claude AI models@kevin_t_ngo Creator credited with a sample output

Anthropic teases Claude Opus 5.5 with early creative demos
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    Thread surfaces on Hacker News

    The Opus 5.5 preview thread was submitted to Hacker News, though it drew minimal engagement there.

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    Anthropic's Claude account posts Opus 5.5 preview thread

    @claudeai published a thread titled 'early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5', sharing sample creative output from the model, including a short story about a watermelon attributed to @kevin_t_ngo.

    “A thread of early explorations with Claude Opus 5.5: A short story about a watermelon created by @kevin_t_ngo.”
    — @claudeai