AI Briefings for UK Business

AI Briefings are short, analysis-led notes on significant AI developments: model releases, pricing changes, regulation, and capability shifts. Each briefing states what changed, what it means for UK SMEs and scaleups, and what to do about it. They are vendor-neutral and written for a commercially literate, time-constrained reader.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 on 28 May 2026 at the same price as 4.7. Here is what the update changes, and does not change, for UK SMEs.

AI per-token prices have fallen 60 to 80 percent since 2025, yet many firms' AI bills are rising. Why that happens, and how UK SMEs can keep AI spend under control.

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