Anthropic makes Claude Opus 5.5 the default and says to drop "think hard"
Opus 5.5 is now the default on Pro, Max, Ultra and Team plans. Anthropic says older prompting habits slow it down, and it recommends starting at Medium effort.
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Anthropic is the company behind Claude. We have reported that it made Claude Opus 5.5 the default model on its Pro, Max, Ultra and Team plans and advised users to stop adding phrases like "think hard" to prompts, and that it began a beta of Claude Meetings, which lets Claude join Google Meet calls on Team and Enterprise plans to save transcripts and summaries.
Opus 5.5 is now the default on Pro, Max, Ultra and Team plans. Anthropic says older prompting habits slow it down, and it recommends starting at Medium effort.
Claude can now sit in on a video call, answer questions, write notes and build docs while the meeting runs. The beta is rolling out on Team and Enterprise plans.
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