What is Claude 3.5 Sonnet?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the latest and most advanced large language model from Anthropic. Positioned as a direct competitor to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o, it represents a significant leap in intelligence, speed, and cost-efficiency. It operates at twice the speed of its predecessor, Claude 3 Opus, making it ideal for complex, enterprise-grade workflows. The model also introduces “Artifacts,” a new feature on Claude.ai that allows users to edit and iterate on generated content in a dedicated window, seamlessly integrating AI collaboration into development processes.

Key Features

• Graduate-Level Reasoning: Sets new industry benchmarks for graduate-level reasoning (GPQA), undergraduate-level knowledge (MMLU), and coding proficiency (HumanEval).
• Blazing Speed: Operates at 2x the speed of Claude 3 Opus, enabling real-time interactions for applications like conversational AI and live coding assistance.
• Advanced Vision Capabilities: Features state-of-the-art vision capabilities, allowing it to accurately interpret charts, graphs, and transcribe text from imperfect images.
• Superior Coding Skills: Drastically improves on coding tasks, solving 64% of problems in an internal evaluation, up from 38% for Opus. It can independently write, edit, and execute code with sophisticated reasoning.
• Cost-Effective: Available for $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens, with a 200K token context window, making it accessible for large-scale applications.
• Artifacts Feature: A new workspace on Claude.ai where users can see, edit, and build upon Claude’s creations, such as code, documents, or website designs.

Use Cases

• Complex Code Development: Writing, debugging, and translating codebases, as well as managing multi-step development workflows.
• Enterprise Chatbots: Powering sophisticated customer support and conversational AI that can handle complex queries with nuance.
• Data Analysis and Visualization: Interpreting data from charts and unstructured images to provide real-time insights.
• Content Creation: Generating high-quality written content with a natural, human-like tone for marketing, documentation, and more.
• Automated Workflows: Orchestrating complex business processes by connecting different systems and APIs.

Getting Started

Here is a simple “Hello World” example using the Anthropic Python SDK to interact with Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

First, install the client library: ```bash pip install anthropic

Then, use the following Python code to send a request: ```python import anthropic

It is recommended to set the ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

message = client.messages.create( model=”claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620”, max_tokens=1024, messages=[ { “role”: “user”, “content”: “Hello, world” } ] )

print(message.content[0].text)

Pricing

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is accessible through a freemium model. It is available for free on Claude.ai and the Claude iOS app, with generous limits for most users. For higher usage, the Claude Pro plan is available for $20/month, offering significantly higher rate limits. For developers, the API is priced at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens.