Home Computing Emerging Tech News For the first time, Claude users can decide whether their AI assistant thinks fast or thinks deep. Shikhar Mehrotra / Digital Trends 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. On the API, contact your account manager to request access or join the waitlist: https://t.co/5SLFF77Whn — Claude (@claudeai) May 28, 2026 What is effort control and why does it matter? A new control sitting alongside the model selector on claude.ai page, where you interact with the AI model.…