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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Claude down: Anthropic AI users hit by ‘errors’ as chatbot not working properly

The Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on 16 February, 2026 in New York City - (Getty)

Claude has stopped working properly, with users being hit by errors as they try to talk to the chatbot.

The system is seeing “elevated errors”, according to a status page operated by its creators, Anthropic. The outage began in the morning UK time, and the company said that it had identified the issue and is working on a fix.

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