Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet Now in Amazon Bedrock

## Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet Model Now Available in Amazon Bedrock

**Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet** is the newest advancement in AI models, now accessible through **Amazon Bedrock**. This model **outperforms previous versions**, including Claude 3 Opus, by being not only more intelligent but also **80% cheaper**. Designed for complex tasks such as **customer support**, **multi-step workflows**, and **code translations**, it sets a new benchmark in the field.

### **Key Improvements of Claude 3.5 Sonnet**

1. **Visual Processing and Understanding**:
   - **Interprets charts, graphs, and transcribes text from images**, significantly enhancing data analysis capabilities.

2. **Writing and Content Generation**:
   - Produces **high-quality, nuanced content** in a natural tone, making it ideal for content creation.

3. **Customer Support and Natural Language Processing**:
   - Improved context understanding and workflow orchestration for better customer interactions.

4. **Analytics and Insights**:
   - **Efficiently navigates unstructured data** to produce valuable insights for various business needs.

5. **Coding and Software Development**:
   - Capable of writing, editing, and executing code independently.

### **How to Use Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Amazon Bedrock**

To use **Claude 3.5 Sonnet**, enable model access through the Amazon Bedrock console. The model's ability to handle unstructured data opens new possibilities, such as **extracting information from images**.

Example: The model can process and analyze images to determine countries consuming more than 1,000 TWh from hydropower, producing the following JSON output:

```json
{
  "countries_consuming_over_1000TWh_hydropower": [
    {
      "name": "Canada",
      "region": "North America",
      "consumption_range": "1,000-2,000 TWh"
    },
    {
      "name": "Brazil",
      "region": "South America",
      "consumption_range": "1,000-2,000 TWh"
    },
    {
      "name": "China",
      "region": "Asia",
      "consumption_range": "1,000-2,000 TWh"
    }
  ]
}

Availability and Applications

The Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is available in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. It offers significant potential applications across various industries such as healthcare, financial services, legal, media and entertainment, technology, and education.