Anthropic claims Sonnet 5 reaches near-Opus performance at 60% lower cost. Worth noting: benchmark comparisons between p...

Anthropic claims Sonnet 5 reaches near-Opus performance at 60% lower cost. Worth noting: benchmark comparisons between proprietary models are self-reported, and 'near' is doing a lot of work here. The real infosec angle: cheaper, capable models lower the barrier for adversarial use cases — prompt injection, phishing generation, automated recon. Cost curves matter beyond the hype. #AI…https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260701VL200/anthropic-claude-cybersecurity-performance-cost.html