I used Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini to build a resume, but only one felt interview-ready

Several major artificial intelligence services experienced disruptions worldwide on Thursday. According to Downdetector, users reported problems with OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok, as well as Google's Gemini. The outages affected multiple platforms simultaneously, which is unusual.

The disruptions started around 11 a.m. ET, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the AI services. According to the status pages of the affected companies, the outages have mostly resolved, with OpenAI reporting "degraded performance" and Anthropic stating that the Claude outage has ended. However, the cause of the outage remains unknown.

The disruptions highlight the potential risks of relying on AI tools, which can be prone to hallucinations and generic output if not used carefully. Some experts suggest that the real value of AI lies in using them as collaborative partners to identify blind spots and speed up repetitive processes, rather than replacing human work entirely.

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