🤖 Claude 4 is Here: Anthropic’s Smartest AI Yet! 🚀
May 22, 2025 | AI News
Anthropic has unveiled Claude 4, a new family of models—Opus 4 and Sonnet 4—that raise the bar for coding, reasoning and AI agents. Let’s dive into the highlights! 🌊
✨ What’s New?
- 📈 Record-breaking benchmarks — Opus 4 tops SWE-bench at 72.5 % while Sonnet 4 hits 72.7 %.
- 🧠 Extended thinking with tools (beta) — Claude can now chain reasoning steps with web search and custom tools.
- 🖼️ Richer context & memory — Up to 64 K+ tokens of sustained focus plus the ability to store long-term memories for agent workflows.
- 🔧 Claude Code GA — IDE plugins for VS Code & JetBrains, GitHub Actions support and a brand-new SDK.
- ⚡ Four fresh API tricks — Code execution, MCP connector, Files API & one-hour prompt caching.
💸 Pricing & Availability
Both models are live today on Claude.ai, Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI:
- 💎 Opus 4: $15 (input) / $75 (output) per million tokens
- 🎵 Sonnet 4: $3 (input) / $15 (output) per million tokens
They’re also bundled into Claude’s Pro, Max, Team & Enterprise plans, with Sonnet 4 available to free users. 🥳
🎯 Why It Matters
Claude 4 pushes AI toward agentic autonomy—staying on task for hours, juggling multiple tools in parallel and writing production-ready code. For startups and enterprises alike, that means faster product cycles, deeper insights and fewer hallucinations. 🔬
🔮 Looking Ahead
Anthropic says Claude 4 is only the beginning. Expect continued focus on safety (ASL-3 protections) and developer mode options for full chain-of-thought access. Stay tuned! 👀
Ready to experiment? Head over to claude.ai or plug the new models into your workflow via the claude-4-opus and claude-4-sonnet endpoints.