Does Your Work Cost Less on Opus 5.5 Now That Its Tokens Are 20% Cheaper? My 3-Prompt Guide Shows Which Jobs Do Before You Move Them.
Anthropic heard the complaints about Opus 5. Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 are both easier to steer, and both make even complex jobs cheaper to run.
TL;DR
- Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 improve the steerability and efficiency of AI models.
- Enhanced 'model ergonomics' is crucial for effective AI use, allowing users to direct, understand, and correct AI work without losing progress.
- Easier interaction with AI enables more ambitious tasks and contributes to the broader trend of AI assisting in AI development.
- Companies are focusing on understanding customer needs for frontier intelligence, with Anthropic reportedly heading toward an IPO.
- The article suggests testing new models with recurring work using specific prompts to assess their performance.