Anthropic Launches Smaller, Faster Claude Haiku 4.5 AI Model

Anthropic Launches Smaller, Faster Claude Haiku 4.5 AI Model

The developer said the new Haiku outperforms its Sonnet 4 model at a third of the cost.

Anthropic launches Claude Haiku 4.5, a smaller, cheaper AI model

The launch comes just weeks after Anthropic announced Claude Sonnet 4.5 in September

Anthropic Releases Claude Haiku 4.5 as a Fast and Cost-Effective AI Model

Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 4.5, the smallest model in its Claude 4.5 series. Focused on speed and real-time performance, it’s said to be twice as fast as Sonnet 4 while maintaining similar coding capabilities. Available for free, Haiku 4.5 outperforms rival models in several benchmarks and is rated Anthropic’s safest model to date.