Anthropic's Sonnet 5.5 speeds up 30% while cutting costs
anthropic releases sonnet 5.5, a 30% faster and significantly cheaper model for everyday tasks like coding and office work, targeting efficient agentic deployment.
anthropic has launched sonnet 5.5, the latest version of its mid-tier model, which it claims is 30% faster and significantly cheaper than its predecessor, sonnet 5. sonnet 5.5 is designed for everyday tasks such as coding and creating office documents, and is positioned for efficient agentic deployment. it has comparable cyber capabilities to opus 5 and will be subject to the same cyber safeguards. this release comes as part of a flurry of new model releases from major ai labs, including openai and meta.