Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
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Anthropic is explicitly positioning Sonnet 5.5 as the default “work partner” — faster responses and lower token burn make it the economic anchor for most knowledge tasks. Teams should re-benchmark their existing mid-tier models against Sonnet 5.5 pricing and latency before renewing any AI contracts this quarter.
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