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's Claude Meetings beta lets Claude join Google Meet calls and take notes
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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