https://instepops.com/insights A short weekly read on AI agents and automation for small and midsize businesses, by Matt Doron. en-us https://instepops.com/insights/ai-for-routine-office-work-just-got-cheaper https://instepops.com/insights/ai-for-routine-office-work-just-got-cheaper Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Anthropic’s new Claude Haiku 5.5 costs around 75% less to run than the model it replaces, and Google’s new work agent is built to send simple jobs to cheaper models. For a small business, the question is no longer whether you can afford AI, but where it fits and who checks it.