Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the latest model in the Claude family, has officially launched. This new release aims to outperform previous models and competitors, particularly in terms of intelligence, speed, and cost-effectiveness. Available for free on Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app, as well as through the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI, Claude 3.5 Sonnet offers significant improvements over its predecessors. It costs $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, providing a 200K token context window, making it a cost-effective choice for a variety of tasks. Claude 3.5 Sonnet excels in various benchmarks, including graduate-level reasoning, undergraduate-level knowledge, and coding proficiency. It's particularly adept at understanding nuance, humor, complex instructions, and writing with a natural, relatable tone. Notably, Claude 3.5 Sonnet operates at twice the speed of its predecessor, Claude 3 Opus, making it ideal for contexts demanding quick responses and complex task management, such as customer support and multi-step workflow orchestration. Additionally, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a top performer in visual reasoning, accurately interpreting charts and graphs, as well as transcribing text from imperfect images—an essential capability in sectors like retail, logistics, and financial services. The introduction of Artifacts, a new feature on Claude.ai, allows users to interact more dynamically with Claude's content creations, viewing and editing them in real-time. This marks a significant shift from Claude as a conversational AI to a collaborative work environment. The model also adheres to rigorous testing standards to ensure safety and reduce misuse, abiding by privacy principles and engaging external experts for feedback.