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Anthropic Launches Claude 4.5, Focuses on Business Users

Prime Highlight:

  • Anthropic launched Claude 4.5, showcasing major improvements in coding, reasoning, and computer use to better serve enterprise customers.
  • The model’s Sonnet 4.5 version demonstrated autonomous coding for 30 hours, compared with seven hours for its predecessor.

Key Facts:

  • Claude 4.5 achieved a 60% benchmark score in operating system tasks, a jump from 40% with previous models.
  • Microsoft will integrate Claude models into Microsoft 365 Copilot, adding new features like “Agent Mode” in Excel and Word.

Background

Anthropic on Monday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, Claude 4.5, saying the upgraded version delivers stronger coding ability, sharper reasoning in finance and science, and better computer use. The launch marks the startup’s push to serve enterprise customers as competition in AI tools intensifies.

Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger said Claude 4.5 showed progress in coding tasks. In internal tests, its Sonnet 4.5 version built a full web app, while one customer reported the model coded autonomously for 30 hours. By contrast, Anthropic’s earlier Claude Opus 4 managed only seven hours in a separate case.

The company said Claude 4.5 is about 50% better at handling operating systems, scoring 60% on benchmarks compared with 40% for previous models. “It’s a lot more visceral when you see the model using a computer the way a person does if you’re not a coder,” noted Jared Kaplan, Chief Science Officer.

Unlike rivals seeking viral consumer adoption, Anthropic is targeting professionals and industries that need reliable tools. Its models are designed with guardrails to limit risky responses, appealing to finance, regulated sectors, and teams working across multiple software platforms.

Separately, Microsoft said it would integrate Anthropic’s models into Microsoft 365 Copilot. New features include “Agent Mode” in Excel and Word, with PowerPoint updates to follow. The move broadens Microsoft’s AI partnerships beyond OpenAI.