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Claude Haiku 4.5

Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 4.5, positioning it as a fast, cost-efficient model with near-frontier capability for many tasks.

Model Release

What Happened

Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5 as its latest small model, emphasizing speed and cost efficiency while maintaining strong performance for practical workloads.

Why It Matters

Haiku-style releases matter for real adoption: they often become the default “agent swarm” or sub-agent model that makes long workflows economically viable.

Technical Details