Anthropic's new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps | TechCrunch

Key takeaways:

  • Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, advanced AI models that handle complex reasoning, long tasks, and programming effectively.
  • Sonnet 4 is available to free and paid users; Opus 4 is exclusive to paid users and more powerful, priced at $15/$75 per million tokens via API.
  • Opus 4 beats leading models like Google Gemini 2.5 and OpenAI GPT-4.1 on coding benchmarks but doesn’t outperform all models in every area.
  • Both models can reason in steps, use tools like search engines, store useful info in memory, and show simplified reasoning summaries.
  • Anthropic is updating Claude Code with IDE integration and a new SDK, aiming to improve AI-assisted coding and developer workflows.
Anthropic's new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps | TechCrunch
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