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Claude Opus 5.5 launched with 40% lower cost than Opus 5 and 60% cheaper cache reads
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Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 5.5, a new AI model that offers a 40% reduction in cost compared to Opus 5, with cache reads priced 60% cheaper. The model reportedly performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 for most tasks, according to the announcement posted by addyosmani on X. The post also included a celebratory visualization of a pelican riding a bike created in Three.js. No further details on availability, benchmarks, or specific use cases were provided in the announcement.
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Introducing Claude Opus 5.5 — offering 40% lower cost than Opus 5, with cache reads 60% cheaper. It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 for most tasks.
To celebrate, a pelican riding a bike was created in Three.js. View the demo
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addyosmaniNeutral / independent
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 AI Model with 40% Cost Reduction and Faster Speed