Observed Signal · Sep 29, 2025 · Technical Release · Source: Trending Topics · Impact: 3/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5 with 30-Hour Coding Stamina
Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.5, a new large language model positioned as a leader in software development. The model claims top performance on the SWE-bench Verified coding benchmark and improved agentic capabilities, with a 61.4% score on OSWorld, up from 42.2% for its predecessor. It is designed for sustained complex tasks lasting over 30 hours. Anthropic also introduced product updates including checkpoints in Claude Code, a native Visual Studio Code extension, and the Claude Agent SDK for building AI agents. Pricing remains unchanged at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with a preview of 'Imagine with Claude' offered to Max subscribers.
New state-of-the-art LLM from Anthropic enhances AI capabilities for marketing automation, creative generation, and agentic advertising, boosting efficiency and innovation in the AdTech ecosystem.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5, an LLM focused on software development.
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 scored 61.4% on the OSWorld benchmark, up from 42.2% for Claude Sonnet 4.
- The model can sustain complex multi-step tasks for over 30 hours.
- Pricing is $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.
- Anthropic introduced checkpoints in Claude Code and a native Visual Studio Code extension.
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