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Capabilities · Timeline event

What happened: Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 5.5?

Provider release for narrowly scoped work with tiered pricing; not an independent capability measurement.

When was this milestone recorded?

2026-10-07 · Models.

What is the source?

Anthropic · Haiku 5.5 release and pricing ↗

Company announcement and pricing. Last verified: 2026-10-08T20:06:10.483Z.

What does this tell us about the pace of AI?

This is one selected milestone. Its inclusion does not establish a change in capability, economic returns or an industry-wide growth rate. Announcement, release and measurement dates are different concepts.

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