Anthropic announced the release of Claude Sonnet 4.5, a frontier AI model aimed at production‑ready software development. The company says the model delivers industry‑leading results on coding benchmarks such as SWE‑Bench Verified and can autonomously build full applications, provision databases, purchase domains, and even conduct SOC 2 audits. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is accessible through the Claude API and chatbot with pricing unchanged from the prior version. Anthropic also introduced a Claude Agent SDK and a research preview called “Imagine with Claude,” underscoring a rapid development cycle that positions the firm against rivals like OpenAI’s GPT‑5. Read more →