Anthropic releases Fable 5.2 with higher task costs

The author argues that falling AI token prices do not reduce overall compute spending because cheaper tokens enable models to perform more complex reasoning and checking tasks. Citing AWS CEO Matt Garman on inference scaling and an example where Anthropics Fable 5.2 increased task costs through self-checking, the author suggests cheaper compute buys more thinking per job rather than shrinking bills. Open article →