Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.

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Anthropic's Claude experienced a widespread service outage on Monday morning, affecting Claude.ai and Claude Code login paths, while the Claude API remained operational. The company identified the issue and began implementing a fix. The disruption coincided with a surge in new users following public attention around Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon, which saw Claude rise to the No. 2 spot in the App Store, overtaking ChatGPT. The conflict stems from Anthropic's refusal to remove safeguards preventing the DoD from using its AI for mass domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons, prompting President Trump to direct federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products.

Anthropic's Claude reports widespread outage