Anthropic's powerful Opus 4.1 model is here - how to access it (and why you'll want to)

• Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.1. 
• The model exceeds the predecessor's performance on complex tasks. 
• It is available to paid Claude users, Claude Code, API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud's Vertex AI.

In May, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4, which the company dubbed its most powerful model yet and the best coding model in the world. Only three months later, Anthropic is upping the ante further by launching the highly anticipated Claude Opus 4.1, which now takes its predecessor's crown as Anthropic's most advanced model. 

The Opus family of models is the company's most advanced, intelligent AI models geared toward tackling complex problems. As a result, Claude Opus 4.1, released on Tuesday, excels at those tasks and can even one-up its predecessor on agentic tasks, real-world coding, and reasoning, according to Anthropic. 

The model also comes as the industry is expecting ...