{"id":80171,"date":"2024-06-04T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/ai-apocalypse-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-all-went-down-at-the-same-time\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:43:47","slug":"ai-apocalypse-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-all-went-down-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/ai-apocalypse-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-all-went-down-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all went down at the same time"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After a multi-hour outage <\/a>that took place in the early hours of the morning, OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT chatbot went down again \u2014 but this time, it wasn\u2019t the only AI provider affected. On Tuesday morning, both Anthropic\u2019s Claude and Perplexity began seeing issues, too, but these were more quickly resolved.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Gemini appears to be operating at present, though it may have also briefly gone offline, according to some user reports. <\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s unusual for three major AI providers to all be down at the same time, which could signal a broader infrastructure issue or internet-scale problem, such as those that affect multiple social media sites simultaneously<\/a>, for example. It\u2019s also possible that Claude and Perplexity\u2019s issues were not due to bugs or other issues, but from receiving too much traffic in a short period of time due to ChatGPT\u2019s outage. <\/p>\n

On ChatGPT\u2019s landing page, the ability to message the AI chatbot is not working, and the arrow to submit a query was grayed out.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> OpenAI\/ChatGPT landing page down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Later, ChatGPT\u2019s website was updated to indicate the service was at capacity \u2014 in pirate speak, no less \u2014 and offered to notify users when it was back online. Currently, ChatGPT remains down. <\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> OpenAI\/capacity message<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Claude\u2019s website had been displaying an error with a message that reads: \u201cAn error occurred in the Server Components render. The specific message is omitted in production builds to avoid leaking sensitive details. A digest property is included on this error instance which may provide additional details about the nature of the error.\u201d<\/p>\n

The site then advises to \u201ctry again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Claude began working again sometime after 12:10 PM ET. <\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Anthropic\/Claude down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perplexity\u2019s site was also briefly serving the over-capacity message that would appear when the service receives too many requests. It says \u201cWe\u2019ll be right back\u201d and \u201cWe\u2019re getting a lot of questions right now and have reached our capacity. Please come back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The site also resumed functioning around the time that Claude\u2019s outage was resolved.<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Perplexity \/ outage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of note, ChatGPT had only recently resolved a lengthy outage <\/a>that affected its service overnight. The chatbot had been down for users around the world during the early morning hours (Pacific Time), leading to complaints across X and Threads. The company\u2019s status page signaled a bug was being fixed and the issue was being monitored around 12:21 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n

As of 7:33 a.m. PT, the status page<\/a> has been updated to say that ChatGPT is once again unavailable for some users and that OpenAI is \u201ccurrently investigating this issue.\u201d The chatbot was still down as of 12:28 PM ET, per its status page<\/a>, which has flagged it as a \u201cmajor outage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> OpenAI status page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity \u2014 three totally different AI services \u2014 are all down right now.<\/p>\n

What the actual F is going on? pic.twitter.com\/dUkVhSehGG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Benjamin De Kraker \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@BenjaminDEKR) June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The AI providers did not immediately return requests for comment or more information on the outages, but we\u2019ll update as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

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The AI outages are not the only online disruptions occurring at present. Forbes is also reporting a zero-day spam attack<\/a> taking place on TikTok, which is currently affecting select celeb and brand accounts, including Paris Hilton and CNN. <\/p>\n

Post updated after publication on 6\/4\/24, 12:20 PM ET as Claude and Perplexity came back online. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n