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Anthropic Voice Mode Expands to Opus and Sonnet; Open-Weight Model Cuts Costs

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Anthropic's voice mode now supports Claude Opus and Sonnet, enabling advanced voice interactions. A new project, Echo, claims to match top-tier model performance at one-third the cost using open-weight models. GitHub also disclosed a security vulnerability in its AI agent tools.

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Voice mode for high-end models is a clear step forward, but the Echo project's cost claims need independent verification before developers bet on them.
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