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Claude
Anthropic makes Claude Opus 5.5 the default and says to drop "think hard"
If you are on a Pro, Max, Ultra or Team plan, you are now using Opus 5.5 by default, and Anthropic says you can cut "think hard" phrases and stay on Medium effort unless results fall short. If you often run Sonnet at "Extra High" or "Max" effort, Anthropic says you end up paying about as much as you would with Opus 5.5.
Anthropic's Claude Meetings beta lets Claude join Google Meet calls and take notes
If your team is on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan and meets on Google Meet, Claude Meetings is starting to roll out to you. On Enterprise, an admin has to turn it on. During the beta, Claude's notes and transcripts are free, and docs it makes in calls are free through February 10, 2027. Answers that use connected tools count toward your plan's usage. If you meet on another video platform, or your organization uses zero data retention, HIPAA-ready configuration or customer-managed encryption keys, it is not available to you yet.
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