LaunchAI ModelsJune 30, 2026
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5
Claude Sonnet 5 launches with a native 1M-token context window and introductory pricing of $2/$10 per million tokens through August 31. Anthropic says its performance is close to Opus 4.8 at lower cost, with improved agentic capabilities in reasoning, tool use, and coding.
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2.1.197code.claude.com
v2.1.197github.com
Introducing Claude Sonnet 5anthropic.com
RT @claudeai: Introducing Claude Sonnet 5, our most agentic Sonnet yet. It makes plans, uses tools...x.com
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Not Frontier But Has Its Usesthezvi.substack.com
[AINews] Sonnet 5 today, and Fable 5 tomorrowlatent.space
What's new in Claude Sonnet 5simonwillison.net
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 at a steep discount to its top model as the company races toward a blockbuster IPOventurebeat.com
Claude Sonnet 5 now available on Vercel AI Gatewayvercel.com
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 vs Sonnet 4.6 vs Opus 4.8: Agentic Coding Benchmarks, API Pricing, and Cost-Performance Tradeoffs Comparedmarktechpost.com
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 system card says more about the future of AI than its benchmarks dothenewstack.io
Claude Sonnet 5 – benchmark resultsartificialanalysis.ai