Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday
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On Thursday, three leading AI chatbots - ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok - experienced an unexpected and simultaneous outage, leaving experts puzzled. Despite the bizarre occurrence, the reason behind the simultaneous shutdowns by providers Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceXAI remains unknown. Only OpenAI has responded to inquiries, acknowledging a routing error that caused ChatGPT and Codex to be unavailable for some users, with repairs implemented shortly after.
Anthropic and SpaceXAI reported partial disruptions, with Anthropic stating only Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 were affected, while SpaceXAI reported widespread outages. Cloudflare was ruled out as a potential cause, as the company confirmed no significant service disruptions. Microsoft's Azure, another significant cloud provider, also showed no technical issues.
The financial success of SpaceXAI's Colossus data centers, which cater to Anthropic, could be a contributing factor. However, the outage for OpenAI's ChatGPT remains unexplained, leaving room for speculation.
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