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Anthropic bringt Claude Sonnet 5.5, schneller und günstiger

Anthropic hat Claude Sonnet 5.5 veröffentlicht, das zweite Modell der Claude-5.5-Familie, das für alltägliche KI-Aufgaben wie Coding, Bug-Fixing und Dokumentenerstellung entwickelt wurde. Das Modell ist über 30 % schneller als Sonnet 5 und behält die gleichen Token-Preise bei, was dank geringerem Token-Verbrauch zu bis zu 30 % niedrigeren Kosten pro Aufgabe führt. Es schneidet auch deutlich besser im Terminal-Bench 4.0 ab (70,6 % vs. 10,3 %). Sonnet 5.5 ist ab sofort in Claude sowie über AWS, Google Cloud und Microsoft Azure verfügbar. Die Veröffentlichung umfasst verbesserte Cyber-Sicherheitsmechanismen, die auf jüngste Sicherheitsvorfälle bei Anthropic folgen. Das Unternehmen plant zudem, Claude Haiku 5.5 in den kommenden Wochen einzuführen.

• Anthropic hat Claude Sonnet 5.5 veröffentlicht, das zweite Modell der Claude-5.5-Familie.
• Sonnet 5.5 ist bei der Antwortgenerierung über 30 % schneller als Sonnet 5.
• Die Token-Preise bleiben bei 2 $/Million Input-Token und 10 $/Million Output-Token, aber die Kosten pro Aufgabe können dank geringeren Token-Verbrauchs um bis zu 30 % sinken.

Kroger AI Shopping Assistant Drives Larger Baskets

Kroger reported that customers using its AI-powered shopping assistant are adding more items to their carts, contrary to expectations. The tool, launched in July across Kroger's websites and apps, helps with meal planning, recipe discovery, and cart building based on budgets and dietary needs. Yael Cosset, Kroger's EVP and Chief Digital Officer, discussed the basket size growth at Groceryshop 2026. Kroger is integrating more personalization features, leveraging its loyalty data from over 63 million households. The retailer also uses AI for demand forecasting and operational functions. Kroger partners with Google Cloud for Gemini Enterprise to power the assistant. The article also mentions similar results at Albertsons and increased conversion from AI-referred traffic per Adobe Digital Insights. Kroger's retail media business, Kroger Precision Marketing, is integrating sponsored products within the assistant.

• Kroger's AI shopping assistant is driving larger basket sizes, though the exact increase is undisclosed.
• The assistant was rolled out across Kroger's websites and apps in July.
• Yael Cosset discussed the basket increase at Groceryshop 2026.

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 Despite Slowdown Call

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 5.5, its flagship AI model and the first in the 5.5 family, achieving the highest score ever recorded on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (58) and leading six out of ten benchmarks, including outperforming OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on Terminal-Bench 4.0. Priced 20% lower for input/output tokens and 60% lower for cache reads, it claims a 40% cost reduction for typical workloads, though higher output token usage may offset savings; it's also 30% faster and now the default in Claude Code and the Claude app. OpenAI responded by releasing GPT-6 Sol and Luna, priced ~50% lower than predecessors and offering up to 90% discounts on cached input. Both cite efficiency gains. Claude Opus 5.5 is available on Claude apps, Claude Platform, AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, with smaller models to follow.

• Claude Opus 5.5 scores 58 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, the highest recorded, and leads six out of ten benchmarks.
• Pricing is reduced: $4 per million input tokens, $20 per million output tokens, and cache reads at $0.20 per million tokens, promising a 40% cost reduction per task (though higher output token usage may offset savings).
• Opus 5.5 is 30% faster, supports multi-agent scaling up to 100 parallel agents, and is now default in Claude Code and the Claude app.

Docker Launches Cloud Sandboxes, Extending Secure AI Agent Isolation Beyond the Laptop

Docker, Inc.®, the trusted platform for building software in the agentic era, today announced Docker Cloud Sandboxes, a new solution for secure, isolated AI agent execution that enables complex agentic workflows to continue running in the cloud long after a developer's laptop shuts down.