TECHNOLOGYJun 20 · 18:01 UTCDECRYPTJose Antonio Lanz

OpenRouter's Fusion Promises Claude Fable-Level AI for Cheap—Right as Fable 5 Goes Dark

OpenRouter's Fusion compound-model API combines budget AI models to outperform GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 in benchmark tests. The release coincides with Fable 5's deactivation.

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