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"Max Effort" Description Updated

The "max" effort level description has been simplified from "Maximum capability with deepest reasoning (Opus 4.6 only)" to just "Maximum capability with deepest reasoning", reflecting that max effort is no longer restricted to Opus 4.6.

Evidence

String change in $p_ (search for "Maximum capability with deepest reasoning")

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Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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