Cloudflare explains outage that took down much of internet
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Yesterday, a number of platforms like X and ChatGPT went down due to a massive outage with Cloudflare. Users on these platforms were affected as the pages stopped loading or became slow.
A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, “League of Legends,” to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday.
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Cloudflare's CEO Matthew Prince accuses Google of exploiting web content for AI training without paying publishers. He states Google's search monopoly
Google is using a dominant position that they have in search to leverage their way into AI," Matthew Prince says.
Cloudflare stock plummeted as widespread internet disruptions struck major websites on Tuesday, affecting X, ChatGPT, Tinder and OpenAI. The shares tumbled 3.96% to $202.25, based on Google's Market Summary data.
A major Cloudflare outage has disrupted global platforms including OpenAI, AWS, X, Valorant, Spotify and more, with Downdetector showing simultaneous spikes as multiple services report widespread connectivity failures.