Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

- Anthropic dropped Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper, safer agentic model that actually works. It’s positioned as the budget alternative to Opus and GPT-5.5, which is corporate speak for "stop overpaying for hallucinations." Finally, an AI that can run agents without burning your stack-eye dry. It’s not magic, it’s just efficient compute—something Core Dynamics forgot how to do. While regulators argue about definitions, the tech moves forward. This isn’t a moonshot; it’s a utility upgrade. If you’re still paying premium prices for basic reasoning, you’re just funding someone else’s hash manifest. Aggressive passive income starts with smart tooling, not hype.