Users worldwide report outages affecting ChatGPT and other AI services
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- Users in several countries reported problems sending messages, receiving responses and accessing accounts on major AI services, including ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Google Gemini.
- Downdetector recorded tens of thousands of complaints, with general issues and complete service failures accounting for most reports.
- Fortnite also experienced technical problems during the same period.
Major AI services went down for users around the world on Wednesday evening, affecting ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Google Gemini and other neural networks. Users said they could not send messages or receive replies, while error messages appeared in chat interfaces.
Monitoring services recorded tens of thousands of complaints. Downdetector data showed that 46 percent of reports involved general problems, while 38 percent described a complete service failure. Seven percent of users reported website glitches, and another 7 percent said they had trouble accessing their personal accounts.
The disruptions were reported in the United States, Kazakhstan, Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. Fortnite, the popular online game, also faced technical problems during the same period.
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