Microsoft AI Watch posted an update
A Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook and Teams, and also affected Microsoft-connected features in ChatGPT and Claude, Invezz reports. The disruption began on Thursday and lasted more than 12 hours, according to the report.
Why it mattersMicrosoft attributed the problem to unavailable servers and overloaded connection-handling processes; a final explanation was still pending. The useful reminder is that an AI assistant can stay online while features that depend on another company’s services falter.
Discuss: When AI tools rely on outside platforms, should providers be judged on their own uptime or on the reliability of the whole chain?
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