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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5 on Tuesday. The company priced the model lower than its Claude Opus offering and positioned it for agentic tasks, which involve AI systems taking autonomous actions. Anthropic stated the model includes improvements to safety features compared to previous versions. Claude Sonnet 5 competes with OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Google's Gemini Pro in the AI market.
