Anthropic launches cheaper AI model, its second release since CEO's call for a slowdown

The company said Sonnet 5.5 doesn't advance the frontier, but that it is better at coding and knowledge work tasks than its predecessor.

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2026-09-28 18:00 · CNBC Technology
Anthropic launches cheaper AI model, its second release since CEO's call for a slowdown

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