
Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 Is Its Cheapest Small Model Yet
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026, saying the small model runs about 75% cheaper than Haiku 4.5 and has a 1-million-token context.
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Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5 on October 7, 2026, saying the small model runs about 75% cheaper than Haiku 4.5 and has a 1-million-token context.

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