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Is Claude Down? Here's the Latest
Key takeaways
- Anthropic's Claude AI service appeared to stop working on Tuesday.
- Jon Reed See full bio Blake Stimac See full bio Jon Reed , Blake Stimac June 16, 2026 11:20 a.m.
- Users reported a spike in errors to Downdetector, with more than 2,000 reports as of 1:27 p.m.
Anthropic's Claude AI service appeared to stop working on Tuesday. Here's what we know so far.
Jon Reed See full bio Blake Stimac See full bio Jon Reed , Blake Stimac June 16, 2026 11:20 a.m. PT Joseph Maldonado/CNET Anthropic's Claude AI appeared to experience an outage on Tuesday, according to online reports.
Users reported a spike in errors to Downdetector, with more than 2,000 reports as of 1:27 p.m. ET/10:27 a.m. PT. The number of reports dropped significantly pretty quickly as Anthropic implemented a fix. (Disclosure: Downdetector and CNET are owned by the same parent company, Ziff Davis.)
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