Anthropic 1M Context GA Announcement

This is the official Anthropic post confirming 1M context GA for Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6. If you’re building agents, the key detail to read is the pricing change—flat pricing removes the long-context premium, which is the real unlock for practical long-context usage.

Pros

+Official details on 1M context GA rollout
+Clarifies the flat pricing approach for long context
+Useful reference when comparing providers

Cons

-Announcement-level info; you still need benchmarks to judge real retrieval quality

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Anthropic 1M Context GA Announcement

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Highlights

+Official details on 1M context GA rollout
+Clarifies the flat pricing approach for long context
+Useful reference when comparing providers

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