Claude Haiku 5.5: 90% Cheaper, and Where It Breaks
Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts the price of Haiku 4.5 by 90% on most requests. Specs, benchmarks, the weak spots, and who should switch now.
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Rust upstart reveals 'reimplementation' of Microsoft Office – with Claude on coding duty
ArtCraft adds Word, Excel, and PowerPoint lookalikes to its open source lineup, but they're not ready for production
The Register5 min read
The Carpet Installer Who Codes with AI
You don’t need to be a software engineer to build with AI. 👀 I recently met Jason, the carpet installer who came to my home, and found out he’s a heavy Claude user. He has built a FIFA World Cup tool, a bilingual rate sheet, and even a few websites using AI.
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Claude Haiku 5.5 arrives with massive price cuts proving the AI pricing arms race is far from over
Anthropic's new Claude Haiku 5.5 crushes its predecessor in benchmarks, jumping from 15.7 to 72.4 percent on the OSWorld computer use test. Token prices drop by up to 90 percent, though a new tokenizer eats into some of those savings by consuming more tokens per task.
The Decoder5 min read
Teen's AI-guided mountain hike ends with a helicopter rescue and a lesson in common sense
A 16-year-old planned his hiking route on Crown Mountain near Vancouver using Anthropic's Claude and had to be airlifted off a steep rock face. The chatbot had sent him down a route that requires climbing gear. Bryce doesn't blame the AI but says he'll never use it for route planning again.
The Decoder1 min read
US AI firm Anthropic enables Chinese-language options for Claude chatbot
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic has introduced Chinese-language options to its Claude chatbot in supported markets, even as it continues to block users from mainland China.
South China Morning Post Tech1 min read
Claude Haiku 5.5
As previously promised, here's Anthropic's new fast, low cost model: Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5. The previous Haiku, 4.5, was very much showing its age.
Simon Willison4 min read
How I set up Claude Code: one rulebook, a 12-step relay to use it daily
Claude Code used to feel like a brilliant teammate with no onboarding. Some days: tests first, small diff, asked before pushing. Other days: no tests, three "cleaned up" files, a PR opened on its own. The model wasn't the problem.
Dev.to AI10 min read
Anthropic Expands Claude for Startups Program With Free Year of Claude Team and $1,000 in API Credits
Anthropic has expanded its Claude for Startups program, offering qualifying young companies subsidized access to its AI models along with a range of additional benefits. The company announced the update on Tuesday as part of its SF Tech Week event.
The AI Insider2 min read
Anthropic gives more security teams access to Claude with fewer safety restrictions
Anthropic is expanding its Cyber Verification Program, giving more security professionals access to Claude models with fewer safety restrictions for penetration testing, malware analysis, and vulnerability research.
The Decoder2 min read
This map shows which states are paying for OpenAI vs Anthropic — and there's a clear winner
Spending on OpenAI was higher than on Anthropic in 47 states, according to Yipit data. Claude led in only Massachusetts, Montana, and California.
Business Insider - AI2 min read
Anthropic reconfigures its cool kids security program
Company's Project Glasswing and Cyber Verification Program metamorphose into triple tier threat hunting club
The Register7 min read
Claude just stepped into Google Workspace with in-file editing, automated Sheets work, and smarter Slides
Anthropic's new add-on lets Claude read and edit your open Docs, Sheets, and Slides files, with approval controls.
Digital Trends — AI1 min read
Scrimshaw Jukebox
Tool: Scrimshaw Jukebox I wanted to see if Claude Opus 5.5 could compose music, so I tried this: I want you to write some computer game music for me. First design simple text based format for the music and build an artifact that can play it out loud - include some example tracks in that artifact I…
Simon Willison2 min read
Precisely launches unified AI data platform and AI Studio library of agents and apps
Data management software company Precisely Software Inc. today introduced the Precisely Platform, a unified system designed to make enterprise data ready for artificial intelligence. Developers also get Precisely AI Studio, a library of ready-made AI agents and apps.
SiliconANGLE4 min read
AI Won’t Kill Developer Jobs? 🤯 | Anthropic Is Training 10,000 Engineers for AI!
AI వల్ల developer jobs పోతాయా? 👀 While everyone is debating this question, Anthropic is making a very different move — investing in training engineers to work with AI. And that tells us something important about where developer skills are heading.
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Hadrian raises $40M for AI agents that find the weaknesses attackers can exploit
Dutch offensive security startup Hadrian Security B.V. today announced that it has raised $40 million in new funding to expand its business internationally.
SiliconANGLE3 min readQuoting Felix Rieseberg
The "old" version of Cowork runs model inference in the cloud, executing tool calls in an Anthropic-provided VM we shipped to your computer. We added the VM for capability, safety, and security reasons - mapping in just the data you explicitly added to your session.
Simon Willison2 min read
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