Anthropic increases computational reasoning in Claude.ai by implementing a higher reasoning_effort parameter in consumer system prompts.

Anthropic has injected reasoning_effort=25 into Claude.ai consumer system prompts to enhance the model's reasoning capabilities

This adjustment appears designed to improve the quality and depth of Claude's responses for general users

The change represents Anthropic's effort to make more sophisticated reasoning accessible in their consumer-facing product

The modification was discovered and shared on Hacker News with minimal engagement (3 points, 1 comment)