You can now decide how hard Claude thinks before responding to your queries
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.8, introducing a feature that allows users to control how much effort the AI puts into responding to queries. This update also includes dynamic workflows for certain subscription users and a faster mode that is more cost-effective. The new effort control feature is designed to enhance user interaction with the AI model.
- ▪Claude Opus 4.8 has been released with significant benchmark improvements.
- ▪Users can now specify the amount of effort Claude applies to their queries.
- ▪The fast mode is available at approximately 2.5 times the speed and is three times cheaper than before.
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Anthropic just released Claude Opus 4.8, and while the benchmark improvements are quite real, the most meaningful change for everyday users is something far simpler. You can now tell Claude how hard to think before it responds to your query. Along with that, dynamic workflows are now available in research preview for Enterprise, Team, and Max plan users. Fast mode is available for Opus 4.8. It’s the same model at roughly 2.5x the speed, and we’ve made it three times cheaper than before.Turn it on with /fast in Claude Code.
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