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Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra- Anthropic’s New AI Model Explained

By Caleb Kinchlow, TechRepublic

Anthropic just made its most powerful Claude model cheaper and faster. Claude Opus 5.5 costs 20% less than Opus 5, while Anthropic says some long-running AI workloads could cost around 40% less and output can be generated more than 30% faster.

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