The Sonnet 5 Price Increase We've Been Tracking for Weeks Just Got Canceled. Here's What Actually Happens Today.
AI First Pod · Aug 31, 2026 · 4:58
AI First Pod · Aug 31, 2026 · 4:58
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Anthropic made Sonnet 5 pricing permanent at $2/$10 on August 11th — the September 1st cliff we've been warning about for weeks isn't coming. We cover the correction, the tokenizer caveat that still applies, the federal contractor Anthropic removal deadline that IS real today, and the August month-in-review: AI got cheaper to run, easier to use, and harder to ship without oversight — all three simultaneously.
