Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?

Explain Like I'm Normal

A massive synchronized outage hit OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI simultaneously, leaving the internet wondering if the AGI had finally escaped. While conspiracy theorists hoped for a singularity event, the reality likely points to a shared infrastructure failure, such as a major CDN or DNS provider hiccup affecting the industry's biggest players at once.