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Claude AI down: Anthropic AI chatbot faces partial outage as users report access issues

Claude AI faced 'partial outage' today as per Anthropic's status page. Thousands of users were unable to access Claude AI on June 2, 2026, after reports of service interruptions began spreading across the internet.

The disruption affected both regular users and developers, with many reporting failed requests, loading problems, and difficulties generating responses. As complaints mounted, Anthropic confirmed that several Claude services were experiencing elevated error rates and said its engineers were working on a fix.

Also read: Claude AI Down Today Reason: Why Anthropic's AI is not working today? What's the latest quota update

Why Is Claude AI Not Working Today?

The first signs of trouble appeared when users began reporting issues accessing Claude and related services.

According to information cited from DownDetector, outage reports started rising significantly around 2:19 AM Eastern Time. Users reported failed prompts, interrupted sessions, and problems accessing the platform.

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