What you'll learn

New AI models arrive constantly, and deciding whether an upgrade is worth adopting takes more than reading a benchmark chart. In this course, First Look: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8, you'll learn what's changed in Anthropic's latest model and whether it's worth switching to. First, you'll explore the improvements in 4.8, including its increased honesty, sharper agentic judgment, tighter tool calling, and drop-in SDK compatibility with 4.7. Next, you'll discover how those changes show up in practice through a side-by-side comparison of 4.7 and 4.8 on a real debugging task. Finally, you'll learn how pricing, effort modes, and alignment improvements affect your day-to-day use. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Claude Opus 4.8 needed to decide how and when to use it in your own work.