Anthropic rolls out Sonnet 5 with near-Opus 4.8 performance at a lower price
… According to Anthropic, Sonnet 5 is a big upgrade, especially for those who rely on Claude for coding, research, automation, document work, and other multi-step tasks. "Sonnet 5 narrows the gap," Anthropic said, confirming the new model is a step closer to the expensive Opus 4.8 model. …