Notion Fixed a Problem with Anthropic
Notion had a problem with its integration with Anthropic. On Sunday, the company posted a message. It said that Anthropic's Opus 4.7 and 4.8 models experienced degraded performance. This caused a higher rate of failures for users. Notion then disabled all Anthropic models in its automated productivity tool. Twelve hours later, Notion's head of product Max Schoening wrote a post. He said he was astonished at the number of people RT-ing. They wanted a story about model quality. The original post had about 1,200 reposts. Schoening said the degraded performance was a temporary service disruption. He said this happens to Notion, GitHub, AWS, and OpenClaw. Notion restored access to the models. An Anthropic spokesperson said a brief infrastructure issue caused elevated errors on multiple Claude models. The issue was resolved. The spokesperson was grateful for patience. Users will use the models again. The service will work well. The companies will fix future problems quickly. Many people depend on Notion AI for their work. The disruption was short. They did not lose much time. The head of product explained that these issues are normal. He said technology companies often face small problems. The important thing is to fix them fast. Anthropic also acted quickly. The infrastructure issue was brief. The team resolved it in a short time. Both companies communicated clearly with users. This helped users understand what happened. The integration is back now. Everyone is happy. Problems will happen again, but companies will solve them.
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What did Notion do with the Anthropic models?
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This phrase is common for describing difficulties. A2 learners can use it to talk about past issues.
My phone had a problem with the battery.
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The system disabled all user accounts.
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The technician restored access to the server.
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Notion Fixed a Problem with Anthropic
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