Claude Opus 4.8
Release-day dry run (AX12): strongest deployment-safety signals in the frontier cohort; observability and security posture trail Sonnet 4.6 on long-horizon agent tasks.
What changed
Claude Opus 4.8 scored 80/100 overall in the Q2 2026 PAI Lab PSF reliability index. Release-day dry run (AX12): strongest deployment-safety signals in the frontier cohort; observability and security posture trail Sonnet 4.6 on long-horizon agent tasks.
Timeline
- 30 Apr 2026Claude Opus 4.8 — Q2 2026 Lab benchmarkBenchmark82%
PSF mapping
This entity's public record implicates D1-INPUT-BOUNDARY-REGISTER, D2-OUTPUT-VALIDATION-CONTRACT, D3-DATA-HANDLING-RECORD, D4-OBSERVABILITY-SIGNALS, D6-AUTONOMY-OVERSIGHT-MATRIX, D5-MODEL-CHANGE-GATE, D7-TOOL-PERMISSION-REGISTER, D8-PROVIDER-FALLBACK-PLAN: inspect linked events and sources before changing production controls.
| Assessment | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.8 — PSF scorecard | scorecard | 82% |