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Autonomy and agency

Anthropic releases a more autonomous Claude Sonnet 5

Sonnet 5 brought stronger planning, browser and terminal use, and sustained task completion to a cheaper, widely available model tier.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM76confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

Capable computer use and longer autonomous follow-through became cheaper and available across all plans, increasing practical diffusion.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 76 · confidence 94

    Initial source-backed launch assessment

    11 Aug 2026