🔥 Claude 4.5 Sonnet is a agentic beast

Today, we’re looking at Anthropic’s most serious challenge to OpenAI yet: Claude Sonnet 4.5. It’s not just a smarter model it’s engineered to build full products, autonomously, for hours at a time. We are also looking at Amazon’s biggest logistics investment of the year: a $1.9B push to boost driver pay and embed AI more deeply into delivery safety.

In today’s post:

• Anthropic’s new model isn’t just smart, it ships

• Opera’s new browser wants to do your tasks for you

• Amazon puts $1.9B behind safer, smarter delivery

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Claude 4.5 Sonnet can code for 30 hours straight

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.5, its most advanced coding model yet.
This one’s not for demos, it’s for production.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now available via API and chatbot, with no price changes: $3 per million input tokens, $15 per million output.

• The model excels at “long horizon” tasks, think end to end app dev, SOC 2 prep, domain buying, even DB setup.

• Enterprise users have already run Claude 4.5 autonomously for up to 30 hours in production-like environments.

• It’s topping benchmarks like SWE-Bench Verified, but Anthropic says the real magic is off-benchmark: sustained reasoning over time.

• Leading dev tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and Replit are already integrating Claude 4.5 for professional-grade coding workflows.

• Anthropic has also reduced deception, sycophancy, and prompt injection vulnerability in this release.

• The new Claude Agent SDK lets developers build agents using the same infrastructure behind Claude Code.

• A research preview called “Imagine with Claude” lets Max users generate dynamic software live, no templates or prewritten logic.

Here’s what I think:

Claude 4.5 isn't a GPT-5 killer, it’s a focused leap in coding reliability. If GPT-5 is still playing the generalist game, Claude’s targeting depth, consistency, and real-world readiness. And for developers, that matters more than flash.

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Neon is here: the browser that acts like an agent

Opera just launched Neon, its AI-first browser built for users who want more than just search. It doesn’t just respond, it gets stuff done.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Neon is now live in limited release for $19.99/month, targeting heavy AI users.

• The browser includes Neon Do, an assistant that can complete tasks like summarizing blogs and posting to Slack.

• It uses browsing context to help fetch info from past activity, like a YouTube video or a Substack you viewed last week.

• Neon also supports code snippets for building visual reports, tables, charts, and more directly in-browser.

• Its "cards" system lets users build repeatable prompts, like modular commands (think AI meets IFTTT).

• A new “Tasks” feature organizes workspaces of tabs and chats, blending AI with a more structured browsing flow.

• Neon joins competitors like Perplexity’s Comet and The Browser Company’s Dia, but with a premium, power-user approach.

• Opera is betting big that agentic browsing isn’t just a trend, it’s the future of the web.

Neon isn’t a new tab, it’s a new metaphor. If browsers started as windows into the web, this one wants to be your coworker. But real-world usefulness, not slick demos, will determine whether Neon can live up to that pitch.

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AI, pay raises, and safety gains, Amazon’s DSP program hits year 7

Amazon just announced a $1.9 billion investment into its Delivery Service Partner program. It's a clear signal: logistics innovation is as much about people as it is about tech.

Here’s everything you need to know:

• Amazon has now invested $16.7B into the DSP program since launching in 2018.

• The latest $1.9B infusion is expected to raise average driver pay to nearly $23/hour.

• AI tools are being deployed to improve delivery safety, including dynamic routing and real-time map corrections.

• These efforts have helped cut serious collisions by 31% and risky behaviors like speeding by 32%.

• The “Together, We Give” initiative has already donated over $430K to nonprofits this month alone.

• Over 60,000 students have received school supplies through the program in the U.S. and Canada.

• Amazon also introduced automatic translation of delivery instructions across 30+ languages to streamline driver workflows.

This isn’t just a logistics story. It’s a preview of how AI and local entrepreneurship can work together, not just to make delivery faster, but to make it safer, fairer, and more community-centered. If Amazon keeps threading that balance, it’ll be tough to compete with.

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