Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, saying it generates outputs 30%+ faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task, and plans to release Haiku 5.5 soon (Anthropic)

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<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude-sonnet-5-5">Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, saying it generates outputs 30%+ faster than Sonnet 5 and costs up to 30% less per task, and plans to release Haiku 5.5 soon</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Sonnet 5.5 is a faster, lower-cost complement to Claude Opus 5.5.&nbsp; Where Opus 5.5 is built for complex work requiring careful judgment &hellip; </p>

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