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The Evolution of Claude: From Haiku to Opus

A lot has happened with Anthropic's language models in the past year. In March, the company released three new models - Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. These models were designed to serve different needs, with Haiku being a small, fast, and cheap model, Sonnet being a medium-sized model, and Opus being the largest and most powerful.

The thinking behind this was to provide a range of options to meet different user needs. Some applications require a highly capable and powerful model, while others prioritize speed and cost-effectiveness. By offering this spectrum of models, Anthropic aimed to cater to a wide variety of use cases.

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