Is Claude down? Users of AI chatbot report major outage

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18 Jun 2026 • 4:29 PM MYT
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Is Claude down? Users of AI chatbot report major outage

  • Claude, the AI chatbot developed by Anthropic, has experienced an outage affecting thousands of users on Thursday.
  • Downdetector recorded over 2,000 complaints, with users reporting that the chat feature was not working and servers appeared to be down.
  • Claude's official status page reports a partial outage.
  • Anthropic said at 8.41am GMT: “We have identified the cause of the issue affecting Claude.ai and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.”
  • More to follow.
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