News Summary

Anthropic, an AI startup known for its Claude family of language models, has launched Claude Haiku 4.5. This new AI model is designed to offer performance comparable to the earlier Claude Sonnet 4 but at a significantly reduced cost and increased speed. Claude Haiku 4.5 is particularly effective for coding and computer use tasks, matching the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-5 in coding benchmarks. The model is available to users via the Claude app, web, API, and now through Amazon Bedrock, making it a cost-effective solution for scalable and latency-sensitive applications such as real-time customer service agents. This launch follows closely on the heels of the Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Opus 4.1 announcements, showcasing Anthropic’s continuous innovation in the AI space.