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Anthropic reportedly A/B tests reduced effort levels in Claude Code

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Anthropic is reportedly A/B testing reduced effort levels in Claude Code, its coding tool, according to a Hacker News report. The change would alter the tool's behavior, potentially affecting how much work it performs on tasks. Details on the scope or rollout of the test were not provided.

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