Musk praises Claude Haiku 4.5 as Anthropic's cheapest, fastest small model, ~75% cheaper
elonmusk · x · 2026-10-08
- Anthropic released Claude Haiku 4.5, calling it the cheapest, fastest and most capable small model it has shipped, with average running costs about 75% lower than Haiku 4.5.
- Elon Musk publicly congratulated the team, a rare cross-company compliment drawing wide attention.
Related event: Anthropic Launches Claude Haiku 5.5 at Roughly 75% Lower Cost(32 posts)→
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