# Claude AI Down: Hundreds Report Outage, Anthropic Working on Fix 2026-08-07T17:04:11+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude suffered a widespread outage on Wednesday, with nearly 400 global complaints logged on Downdetector, including over 300 from India. Times Now Tech independently verified the issue. Anthropic confirmed on its status page that it identified the cause of elevated errors affecting several models, Claude Mythos 5, Fable 5, Opus 5, and Sonnet 5, and is working on a fix. The company also announced plans to hire engineers to design custom chips for Claude, aiming to tackle global chip shortages and improve performance. Users are advised to monitor Anthropic's status page for updates. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: AI outage, Anthropic, Claude, custom chips, Downdetector, technology Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/claude-ai-down-hundreds-report-outage-anthropic-working-on-fix/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/claude-ai-down-hundreds-report-outage-anthropic-working-on-fix/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.