AI & agents
Anthropic releases small model Claude Haiku 5.5
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- Anthropic Newsroom
Summary
Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 5.5, a small model built for high-volume, repetitive work and for use as a coding subagent. The company says it costs about 75% less to run than Haiku 4.5 on average. Alongside the launch, cache reads for Claude Sonnet 5.5 are now half price, which Anthropic says cuts the cost of most agentic work by around 20%. The Python and TypeScript SDKs also gained beta support for computer and browser use.
Why it matters for our work
When agents multiply, the price of small, fast models drives the total bill. A clearer split between cheap small models and powerful large ones can noticeably lower the unit cost of humans working with AI.
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