The Token Burn: Why Claude Opus 4.7 is Costing More Than Just Money

The Token Burn: Why Claude Opus 4.7 is Costing More Than Just Money

The AI world is currently split. On one hand, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 has just been hailed as a “ChatGPT killer” with its new Routines and Complete features. On the other hand, the “Claude-lash” is in full swing. Reports from across X and Reddit are surfacing with a consistent complaint: Opus 4.7 is a “token incinerator.”

The Efficiency Crisis

Users are reporting that the new model, while powerful, is burning through compute and token limits at an unprecedented rate. What used to take a few hundred tokens is now ballooning, leading many to label the model as “inefficient” or even “dumbed down” in its quest for accuracy. This isn’t just a technical glitch; it’s a symptom of Model Inflation.

The Sovereign Solution

This “token burn” highlights a massive vulnerability in the current AI landscape: Dependency. When you are locked into a single model’s infrastructure, you are subject to their pricing, their efficiency shifts, and their “burn rate.”

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Sources: POLITICO, BBC, Anthropic News (2026)