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Anthropic and OpenAI Announce More Powerful (and Cheaper) AI Models

September 23, 2026
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Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 and OpenAI added GPT-6 Sol and Luna within hours of each other on 22 September 2026, both cutting prices hard. OpenAI confirmed its new rates are permanent list prices rather than promotions. This article prices the same job on all three models, unpacks why the Anthropic 40 per cent claim is only 20 per cent on the price list, sets out where Opus 5.5 leads on benchmarks and where GPT-6 Astra still beats it, and asks how a price war squares with the industry slowdown both labs chief executives called for two weeks earlier.

Anthropic Adds Usage Limit Reset Button to Claude Web and Desktop

September 23, 2026
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Anthropic has documented and shipped a limit reset button in Claude usage settings. Eligible subscribers holding a granted reset can click Reset for free and put either their five-hour session limit or their weekly usage limit straight back to full. It works on Claude web and Claude Desktop, and deliberately not on Claude Mobile or in Claude Code. It arrived with Claude Opus 5.5, with grants framed as an invitation to try the new model. This article covers exactly what each reset type restores, the arithmetic that makes a session reset worth far less than a weekly one, the expiry and irreversibility rules, and how to spend a grant rather than waste it.