You asked: “Anthropic claims new Sonnet 5.5 is faster and cheaper”

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   “Anthropic released Sonnet 5.5, an update to its mid-tier Claude model, about three months after Sonnet 5 was announced. Anthropic says the new version is 30 percent faster than its predecessor and uses tokens (the units AI billing is based on) at a significantly slower rate, and that it will do the work for significantly less.”

   Anthropic says new Sonnet 5.5 model is faster and cheaper for everyday work · Brief · Sep 28

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