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Microsoft AI Tool Faces Widespread Outage
29 May
Summary
- Over 500 reports of problems surfaced on Friday morning.
- Issues began after 10 am EST, peaking with 700 reports.
- Microsoft Copilot app affected most, with some login issues.
Microsoft's AI tool, Copilot, encountered widespread technical difficulties on Friday morning. Reports of problems began to surface after 10 am EST, with the number of user-reported issues steadily climbing. By early afternoon, DownDetector indicated that over 700 problems had been reported.
The majority of these issues centered on the Microsoft Copilot application. While the website also experienced some failures, the impact on the app was significantly greater. A smaller percentage of users reported encountering login problems on the website, though these were less frequent.
As of Friday afternoon, the situation indicated an ongoing technical disruption affecting Microsoft's AI services. The precise cause of the widespread outages was not immediately clear, but the high volume of reports pointed to a significant service disruption impacting a large number of users.
