According to CNBC, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2 on Monday, its first frontier models since CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in AI development in September. The company said the models generate outputs 30% faster than their predecessors and cost 20% less than the 5.1 generation. Pricing is $8 per million input tokens and $40 per million output tokens. Fable 5.2 is generally available, while Mythos 5.2 is accessible to vetted organizations through Anthropic’s Life Sciences and Cyber Verification Programs. Anthropic is preparing for a potential IPO that could take place as soon as next week, with a targeted valuation of $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, down from a $2 trillion target floated in recent months. Dianne Penn, the company’s head of product management for research, said Anthropic had called for pacing AI development rather than stopping it. Anthropic reported $33.24 billion in revenue for the nine months ended Sept. 30, up roughly 1,200% from the same period last year.