Claude Opus 4.8 with adaptive thinking triggers reasoning only when a turn needs it.

Reasoning becomes conditional, cutting wasted thinking tokens at the same effort level.

Next to Opus 4.7, Opus 4.8 keeps the same effort level while reducing wasted thinking tokens.

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