Anthropic announces the Claude 3 family (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus)

Claude 3 model family (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) announced — three tiers, vision input, 200K context

Why it matters

Opus and Sonnet available on launch day in claude.ai and the Claude API, generally available in 159 countries, with Haiku to follow. Per 1M tokens: Opus $15/$75, Sonnet $3/$15, Haiku $0.25/$1.25; assessed at ASL-2 under the RSP

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Officialanthropic.comhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-family

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