Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, a mid-tier model designed for autonomous agent tasks. It performs close to Claude Opus 4.8 at a lower cost, showing significant improvements in reasoning, tool use, coding, and multi-step task completion. It is available at temporary introductory rates of $2/M input and $10/M output tokens through August 31, 2026.
Anthropic launched Claude Science in beta, a dedicated research app that functions like a smart Jupyter Notebook. It connects natively to over 60 scientific databases, includes exact code and environment details for artifacts, features a reviewer agent to flag incorrect citations, and scales analyses across GPUs.
Anthropic has discussed a custom AI chip collaboration with Samsung to diversify its compute stack, though chips from Google, Amazon, and Nvidia remain central to its strategy.
OpenAI's GeneBench-Pro is a benchmark that evaluates how AI agents handle ambiguity, revise assumptions, and choose analysis paths in computational biology, focusing on genomics, quantitative biology, and translational medicine.
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