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On Thursday morning, thousands of people reported problems accessing major AI services, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. Downdetector, a website that tracks when online services stop working, recorded a spike in complaints from users unable to reach these platforms. The outages affected multiple AI companies at roughly the same time, leaving people who rely on these tools unable to work or get answers from the chatbots.
Within a few hours, most of the services came back online and began working normally again. The exact cause of the widespread disruption wasn't immediately clear, but the incident highlighted how dependent many people and businesses have become on these AI tools in just a short time. When they disappear, even for a few hours, it can disrupt work and daily routines.