Anthropic expected to launch Sonnet 5.5 next week

Anthropic is set to release Sonnet 5.5 next week, a cheaper alternative to Opus 5.5 aimed at cutting developers' compute costs. The launch coincides with OpenAI's Dev Day, where GPT-7 and GPT-8 with the new Bell architecture are expected.

• Sonnet 5.5 is positioned as a cheaper alternative to Opus 5.5
• Launch coincides with OpenAI's Dev Day
• OpenAI is preparing GPT-7 and GPT-8 on the Bell architecture
• China's Qwen 4 and DeepSeek V5 compete on benchmarks