Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 5.5, a new model designed for high-volume tasks that demand speed. The system excels at summary generation, database queries, and customer service applications—work that benefits from quick responses and minimal latency.
Haiku 5.5 is the fastest model in the Claude family and comes with a significant cost advantage: it's priced approximately 75% lower than Haiku 4.5. It's also the first model in the Haiku line to offer effort adjustment, giving developers finer control over performance and resource use depending on their specific needs.