Just used Opus 4.6 via GitHub Copilot. It feels very different. Inference seems ...

vinhnx · 2026-02-06T11:43:10 1770378190

Confirm by PM lead at VS Code team

> "We have high thinking as default + adaptive thinking, first time we’ve run with these settings..."

christophilus · 2026-02-06T10:52:24 1770375144

It dos seem noticeably slower. I may stick with 4.5 which was good enough for me for most tasks.

vinhnx · 2026-02-06T11:44:20 1770378260

VS Code confirms that they are experimenting with the new adaptive thinking and high reasoning effort params. https://x.com/pierceboggan/status/2019645801769689486