Nearly Every LLM Went Down Yesterday — and No Major Outlet Covered It
Reddit_wander01 · reddit · 2026-09-05
A Reddit user notes that on September 4 nearly all major LLMs went down simultaneously, yet 25 pages deep into Google News' business and tech sections there wasn't a single headline. By contrast, the June 4 outage spawned days of follow-up coverage and made weekly roundups. The post questions why media attention to AI infrastructure failures has collapsed.
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