Claude down as Anthropic confirms AI chatbot is experiencing errors

Technology
17 Mar 2026 • 7:48 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • The Claude chatbot is currently experiencing "elevated errors", according to its creator, Anthropic.
  • The outage began in the morning UK time, with Anthropic stating they have identified the issue and are working on a fix.
  • The company has not provided any indication regarding the cause of the problem.
  • Tracking website Down Detector confirmed widespread user problems globally, though it was not a full outage.
  • The issues primarily affect free users and impact both the Opus and Sonnet systems that power Claude's responses.

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