StartupsThe Decoder·June 30, 2026

Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 5 closes the gap to the pricier Opus model series

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, which beats its predecessor Sonnet 4.6 across all benchmarks and even edges past the larger Opus 4.8 on the GDPval-AA v2 knowledge work test with a score of 1,618. Anthropic is also quick to point out that the model scores far below the models the US government currently has blocked when it comes to cybersecurity tasks, a likely deliberate signal given the…

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