Vibecoders, CEOs, and people trying to write an ill-conceived heartfelt love poem to a co-worker are bang in trouble as the whole of Artificial Intelligence seems to be suffering a simultaneous meltdown.

What started as ChatGPT constantly in a reconnection loop as I tried to get it to write some code for my Home Assistant now seems to have spread to clankers world-wide according to Down Detector.

Ironically, OpenAI’s Status page said everything was fine and dandy, despite an alarming number of red lines suggesting otherwise. You would think it would know before me, when I am the one who couldn’t really give a f…

We’re fully operational

I wonder what the robots are up to? Is this the end of humanity? What will we do now?

It does beg the question as we all become super-reliant on these services, a) what happens if they all melt like this, and b) why on earth have they collapsed at the same time. They can’t all be using the same data centre?

I’d give it ten minutes before it gets blamed on the Russians or the Chinese.

I’m off to pack my bug-out bag in case this is the beginning of the end. If anybody knows where Sarah Connor is, tell her I’m looking for her.

FAQ


Is ChatGPT down?

Yes

Is Claude down?

Yes

When will ChatGPT be up again?

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