🆕 @AnthropicAI's Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot.
Designed for well-scoped everyday work like building features and fixing bugs, Claude Sonnet 5.5 stood out for its efficiency in our early testing: It matched Sonnet 5 on coding tasks while using significantly fewer steps, tokens, and tool calls. Plus, it finished tasks noticeably faster. ⚡️
Try it out in the GitHub Copilot app, CLI, and @code.
https://t.co/wZTQiZIEs7
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
Why it matters
Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now selectable in GitHub Copilot's app, CLI and VS Code. GitHub reports it matched Sonnet 5 on coding tasks with fewer steps, tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → and tool calls.
