San FranciscoAnthropic cut Opus prices 40% with its 5.5 release.
Cheaper frontier AI compute lowers the cost floor for every company building on top of it.
Output tokens now cost $20 per million, cache reads $0.20, and the model uses fewer tokens per task, Anthropic said.
Anthropic itself cautions the model often suspects it is being evaluated, complicating predictions of its real-world behavior.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5 are due in the coming weeks, Anthropic said.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- The Times of India
- breaks down 40% savings into per-token pricing (20%) plus efficiency gains, includes rupee conversions for Indian audience
- MoneyControl leans favorable
Sources: The Times of India, MoneyControl