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Can confirm. I keep getting an error "Authentication service was unavailable. You can try again." However, logging out and trying to log in I just get the same issue.

This is why I'm local first. Local models are getting pretty capable for most tasks. I just worry AI companies are colluding to make hardware more expensive and force everyone on the cloud, but then this stuff will happen and worse.

walrus01

12 hours ago

The effect of the current sudden burst of extreme market demand from entities with very deep pockets for (GPU, RAM, SSD storage, etc) seems to be indistinguishable from the point of view of the small end user to market collusion. Standing up something like a new DRAM fab is an incredibly expensive proposition that takes years to do.

proc0

8 hours ago

I hope so. From what I read the difference is companies are buying HBM which is different that DDR, and the memory manufacturers only have so much output. Maybe that levels off. I also think the local models will be good enough as any other that are run on the cloud and you would only get an expensive subscription for the really demanding tasks like research or enterprise scale software.

soundworlds

12 hours ago

Yeap, all Oauth sessions got kicked and can't get back in. Welp, switching to Deepseek V4 Flash 0731 via OpenRouter.

Stoked that AI is in a place we have legitimate options available!

nabeards

13 hours ago

Website reporting:

Claude is temporarily unavailable. We’re working on it — try again in a moment.

The desktop app shows:

Unable to load usage limits. Please try again later.

Claude Code shows:

You've hit your monthly spend limit.

jmon2026

12 hours ago

Same. I am here in California, and I get the same "Authentication service was unavailable." Then I get redirected to a page that shows "Claude is temporarily unavailable."