Claude Fable 5 Just Changed EVERYTHING (Surprise Release)

Income stream surfers| 00:12:00|Jun 9, 2026
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The creator references releasing and confirming Claude Fable 5 (referred to as Fable) and hints at awaiting an official update, noting it may be accessible and the hype around the model.

Claude Fable 5 just dropped—Income Stream Surfers tests it live, raving about speed, benchmarks, and real-world build potential.

Summary

Income Stream Surfers’ host dives into the surprise Claude Fable 5 release, confirming early access signals and tests that suggest a genuine Mythos-class upgrade. He notes that Fable 5 appears to be live outside the official Claude pages, with screenshots and a CDN system card to back up the claim. The host walks through setup quirks, including using a Mythos/Fable blend and attempting to verify the model via terminals and model commands. He shares initial impressions of performance, highlighting a premium UI feel and fast thumbnail generation via Claude Fable’s capabilities. Pricing and availability details appear in the discussion: $10 per million input and $50 per million output, with a staged rollout that moves from early access to usage-credits later in June. Throughout, he cautions viewers about access limitations, potential nerfs, and the cost implications versus hiring or building with existing tools. The video shifts into a practical take: whether to rush builds now or wait for official word, and how to compare Fable 5 to Mythos 5 across benchmarks like Magenta code. He ends with a plug for his own service and a reminder that the best approach is to experiment while monitoring real-world usage caps. Overall, the stream is a mix of live testing, hype, and practical notes on rollout, access, and pricing.

Key Takeaways

  • Claude Fable 5 is presented as a Mythos-class model with ‘state-of-the-art’ benchmarks and broad availability, according to the creator’s live reveal.
  • Pricing for Claude Fable 5 runs at $10 per million input and $50 per million output, with initial access included for certain plans before a later switch to usage credits.
  • Availability is rolling out today for some plans, with a staged window through June 22–23, after which access requires usage credits if capacity allows.
  • Initial tests show Fable 5 delivering strong performance and premium UI polish, including fast thumbnail generation and clean model prompts comparable to the creator’s prompts.
  • The host warns that official verification is still in flux, with some channels (and model pages) not yet showing Fable 5 in official listings, while CDN system cards reinforce the announcement.
  • Viewer takeaway: for rapid experimentation and potential builds, start exploring Fable 5 now, but budget accordingly for credits and potential nerfs or safeguards.
  • The creator emphasizes a practical warning: while the hype is real, real-world value depends on access, costs, and the ability to sustain usage without overspending.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for AI developers and technical founders who want to understand Claude Fable 5’s rollout, pricing, and practical impact on rapid prototyping and build workflows. It’s especially useful for folks weighing the cost of usage credits versus wholesale access on enterprise plans.

Notable Quotes

"Claude Fable 5. Crazy."
First live acknowledgment that Fable 5 is real and being tested.
"Claude Fable 5 beats Pokémon Fire Red."
A provocative benchmark claim used to illustrate relative strength.
"Today we're launching Claude Fable 5, a mythos class model that we've made, say for general use."
Direct statement from the host summarizing the official release frame.
"Availability Claude 5 is available for every available everywhere today."
Explicit note on broad availability.
"This is probably going to be some exciting times."
General sentiment about the release impact.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How does Claude Fable 5 compare to Mythos 5 in real-world testing?
  • What are the official pricing and rollout timelines for Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5?
  • Can I access Claude Fable 5 outside of Claude’s official pages, and what are the risks?
  • Is there a difference between available-time access and later usage-credits for Claude Fable 5?
  • What should developers watch for when upgrading to Claude Fable 5 in production?
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Full Transcript
Okay, guys. So, I released a video earlier about Methos. Apparently, it's here. Apparently, it's called Fable. We're still waiting on the official update. I'm guessing that the official update will come during this video. Again, I cannot confirm this, but I put I basically used this command here, right? Claude. And then from here, you can do model Claude Fable 5. And then I'm going to say hi. Let's see if this works. Okay, so apparently I am using Mythos, which is kind of crazy. Um, it's not official just yet, as far as I know. Okay, guys. So, I can confirm it is actually here. Claude Fable 5. Crazy. I don't think this is coming from my uh Claude code stuff. I think this is just genuinely using Claude Fable 5. This is pretty exciting times, guys. I have to say I am pretty goddamn excited for this. I am testing this right now. It does seem to be working totally fine. Um, let's just see if we can get, you know, actual proof that I'm using Claude Fable 5. I did not think I would be saying that for a long time. I know I made a video earlier about not being particularly excited about this model, but like at the same time um you know it it's exciting stuff when a new kind of level of models is released. Yes, I know that is the marketing. Yes, I understand that. But there's a lot of stuff here that people have been talking about for a very very long time and saying that mythos is you know absolutely crazy etc etc. Let's see if we can see models on the left here. There's still been no official word just yet from Anthropic it seems. I'm refreshing this. It's now It's about to hit 6 p.m. I I expect them to drop this at 6 p.m. properly like they always do. Let's see if it's on their model page. Um Fable is not on their model page. Okay. But it does seem to be on console.anthropic.com, which does mean that it's probably going to drop now or any second now. I am using it apparently. Um not really sure how that's even working to be honest with you. Uh, but I am apparently using the new Fable model. Okay, just so you guys know, I'm put I'm not putting massive stocks in this actually being My Methos. It does say it's Mythos. Um, not I keep saying Mythos Fable. Uh, I'm pretty sure it's Fable. Um, it does seem pretty slow, which makes sense, but yeah, I'm I'm not convinced that I'm actually using the new model right here. Does have very interesting amounts of comments, which does kind of look new. So, okay guys, I've actually found something. This looks like it's officially from Anthropic. This is from their CDN. So, it looks like system card, Claude Fable 5, and Claude Mythos 5. Executive summary system card describes this. I'll leave a link to the CDN. This is just done from some smart Googling. To be honest with you, I had a feeling that something like this would show up. Let's just Oh, it's complicated. Let's just see benchmarks if there are any easy benchmarks to look through. Um, let's have a little look. No, it doesn't look like it. Yeah, I'm not really the best person to be going through this and telling you um you know what's what to be frank. Like I I've never claimed to be like any kind of expert on this stuff. But this is the system card. This is official then like any second now. Okay, we have an update. Oh no, not yet. That just changed to there. So Oh, right. Here it is. Announcing Fable 5. Here it is, guys. Holy That is crazy. I'm excited. We're all excited. I don't have an update for my cloud desktop just yet. Let's just do a file check for updates. Let's see. You are running the latest version. Okay. Let's do new session. Let's see if I have the new model. Doesn't look like I have it just yet inside here. Let's do a new terminal. Uh new tab and do claw update. Let's see if there's an update here. There is not. Okay, let's do slashmodel. Okay, so I'm still using it through my own command, but yeah, this is it, guys. So, today we're launching Claude Fable 5, a mythos class model that we've made, say for general use. Fables 5 capabilities exceed those of any model we've ever made generally available. It is state-of-the-art on nearly all tested benchmarks of AI capability. I love their hype. I believe it to a certain extent. They will nerf this model. Guys, if you're watching this video, get the off YouTube and go and build stuff. Stop pissing around. Stop listening to idiots like me and go and build something. Stop watching videos and go and build something. Fable 5 and Mythos. Okay, so these are the benchmarks. This is what everyone's been waiting for, right? Magenta code 80%. That is absolutely absurd compared to some of these, right? It's like six times better than GBC 5.5. Um, yeah. I don't really know what to say, guys. I probably I I'll think about streaming after this video. So, if you do see me live, come and say hello. Um, I just I just don't know what to think here. Um, this is definitely going to be some exciting times. Uh, I've got a lot of stuff to do. I need to go and build quite a lot of different things because, yeah, this is the time to build. Like, today is the time to build. Apparently, it's going to be using your usage credits very, very soon. So, even on that, it's like worth going to build right now. Claude Fable 5 beats Pokémon Fire Red. Okay. I mean, crazy, but sure. Lord Fable 5 simulates the solar system and predicts a solar eclipse. Okay. Sure. Yeah. Honestly guys, to a certain extent, this is kind of scary, but also to a certain extent, this stuff is so expensive right now that like it's not actually going to be necessarily cheaper than, you know, potentially hiring someone or whatever. So, offensive cyber evaluations called me plus 5 was 88 and then Fable is zero. So, basically what they've done is they've made it so it won't do, you know, pen testing and things like that. It'll just refuse to, which is totally fine. I understand why they've done that. So yeah, it's basically a safe release of Fable as soon as we could, even at the cost of our overly broad safeguards. Therefore, for the time being, we've arranged for Fable to fall back to overus 4.8 on most requests related to biology and chemistry. Right, I know what that's about. I don't know if other people know what that's about, but um yeah, just bear that in mind. Availability Claude 5 is available for every available everywhere today. Claude Mthos 5 is restricted to glasswing partners. Okay. pricing model for both is $10 per million input, 50 per million output. That's not even that bad honestly. Like I would pay that for sure. Um we expect demand for fable to be very high and difficult to predict on the cloud API and consumption based enterprise. It's fully available from today for subscription plans. We'd rather give access sooner rather than later. So we're rolling out more service stages from today through the 22nd. Fable 5 is included on pro max and sebased enterprise plans. On June 23rd, we'll remove Fable 5 from those plans. Using it after that will require usage credits. If capacity allows, we'll extend the included window. Crazy. So, it's actually going to be using tokens, your credits, and not your usage. That will get very expensive very quickly and will mean this is not worth it for most people who are just kind of doing things for fun. Overall, guys, I'm sat here. I'm waiting to get access to the model inside here so that I know that I 100% have access to it. There are other ways to do it, of course. But what I will say, guys, is I did this test before and I set the model to Claude Fable 5 and it said model does not work. And then I did it again after the release and now it does seem to actually be using the brand new Claude 5 class of models, which is an extremely exciting time for all of us. Guys, just before we continue, just before we see the results of the build, quick shout out from our sponsor, me. This is my channel or my website incomestreamsurfer.com. Come and talk to us today. Come and work with us today. I put an entire offer together just for my viewers where I can build an entire system for you and an entire site and then also work on that site every single month and also backlinks on top of that to help you get your business where you want it to be. Incomestreamurfer.com. Just click work with us at the top here. Build your specific plan and it's not with my team. You're working specifically with me. I will be building everything. I will be doing everything. I don't have a team anymore. I just use Claude code to do absolutely everything. So, if that sounds good, guys, if you want me to be adding content to your website, optimizing your website, creating your website, come and talk to us today. There's a link in the description and in the pin comment. Now, let's see just how good Claude Fable actually is. Okay, guys. So, I do have a build. Again, I'm 99% sure this is the new model, but I don't want you to base everything on the fact that, you know, this is good or bad or whatever because it it might not be the new model. It also hasn't finished. Like, I still have sub agents building here. I was just curious to see like how much it had done, etc., and what it looked like. And I have to say the look and feel of this speaks for itself. I think most people would agree this is very very premium like extremely well done. There are some problems but like I said it is still generating the code but yeah as soon as this is available inside the claude code app I will probably make another video doing another test. I am very close to my weekly usage limit but obviously I can just buy more. It's not it's a huge problem. And then yeah this is just another look into the model. So, I just use Claude Fables to generate these uh thumbnails based off my previously winning thumbnails. I'm probably going to go with this one, but it's done a very very good job of recreating my thumbnails, like specifically my thumbnails. So, the way this works is it uses Nano Banana and it generates its own prompt based on what's worked for me in the past. And I have to say this is very, very well done. Like, I have to say this is super super well done. It was also extremely fast. Like that was super super fast. I literally just started prompting that 2 seconds ago. So, yeah. I mean, overall, this looks like it might be a pretty mad release. Like, it does seem very, very good so far, but like I said in the video that I uploaded earlier, which is now doing pretty well because Mythos has just been released off course. I'm guessing this is doing well in YouTube search. There we go. Um, what I talked about in this video was the fact that I'm not actually that like I'm not I'm not sat here waiting for Mythos to be released because in my opinion, we have everything to build already, right? And yeah, guys, I think I'll leave the video there. That is the official release of the new model. It's now confirmed Mythos has been released. It's called Claude Fable Mythos. They're still hiding away from us, but I do kind of understand that because we don't want something that can help people do terrible things uh both on the internet and off the internet uh generally available. So, I do think that this is smart by them. And yeah, this is another page that it's created. You can just see insane amounts of quality, insane amounts of attention to detail. It's followed the prompt exactly, guys. This is probably one of the best I've ever seen, if not the best. It's extremely well done. It's extremely um yeah, it's just amazing. Honestly, this is super super interesting, guys. Go and check it out for yourselves. video there. Thank you so much for watching. I might streaming after this. I'm not sure. I haven't decided yet, but I might just make a few videos on it as well. Uh, I think we can all agree the quality here is just absurd. Thank you so much for watching. If you are watching all the way to the end of the video, you're an absolute legend. And I will see you very, very soon with some more content. Peace out.

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