Prediction Markets Give 72% Odds to Anthropic Claude Opus Release by Thursday

Polymarket traders are betting heavily on an imminent release of Anthropic's next Claude Opus model, with prediction markets pricing a 72% probability the new version will arrive by Thursday. The Polymarket contract, tracking speculative timings for Anthropic's premium model tier, has attracted significant trading volume as market participants detect signals of an impending launch—potentially Claude Opus 5.2, the anticipated refinement to Claude Opus 5, which shipped July 24, 2026.