Anthropic is said to have removed reasoning traces from its UI surfaces
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-07-29
The post argues that Anthropic has quietly removed reasoning traces from its UI surfaces, and that the change matters more than it may look.
- The author says visible thinking traces were a major part of the product’s utility.
- They criticize the removal as a silent step backward in transparency.
- The concern is not only the change itself, but that a key layer of an already opaque frontier product was removed with little public reaction.
- A quoted reply echoes the sentiment: removing thinking traces cuts away more than half of the usefulness for them.
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