Google's Gemini faces service disruption; users report unresponsiveness
New Delhi, June 10
Google's AI chatbot Gemini experienced a service disruption on Wednesday, with users reporting unresponsiveness across apps and web interfaces.
According to outage tracking platform Downdetector, outage reports of the social media platform flagged by users surged sharply in the afternoon to hundreds.
They flagged problems that appeared to affect the app experience first, followed by the website and automation and workflow.
Google Gemini is integrated across Google Search, Google Workspace, Google One and Google Cloud.
User reported errors included codes 1052 and 1076, along with system lockups and unresponsiveness on multiple devices despite stable internet connections.
Google had not issued an official statement acknowledging the outage or providing a timeline for a fix and it remained unclear whether the disruption stemmed from server downtime, backend updates or network issues.
The rapid surge in reports indicates that the service disruption was not gradual but abrupt and it remains uncertain whether the outage is global or confined to specific areas.
Tech giant Google had recently unveiled Gemini Omni, a new multimodal AI model that enables users to create and edit videos using text, images, audio and video prompts. The new model is a significant step in making Gemini a fully creative AI platform capable of understanding and generating different forms of media, according to Google.
Users can upload photos, drawings, existing videos, voice references or simply type prompts which will be combined by AI to create a single video. Image editing can be done through conversation, where users can simply elaborate the change they want in a simple manner.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that over 8.5 million developers are now building applications and experiences each month using its artificial intelligence (AI) models.
— IANS
Reader Comments
It's telling that such a massive AI platform can go down without any official statement for hours. Reliability is key when we're using these tools for work. Hope Google learns from this.
Yaar, maine socha mera internet kharab hai! But fir friends ne bhi same problem bataya. 1052 error aaya mere bhi. Itna bharosa hai Gemini pe, lekin aise downtime se productivity pe asar padta hai 😐
It's interesting side: jab itna dependence hai AI agents pe, toh outage excitement bhi hota hai. Par honestly, ek global company ko aise blackout ke liye better communication dena chahiye. At least ek tweet toh kar dete.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. They're rolling out Gemini Omni and other massive updates—these disruptions happen. Still, for a service that's supposed to be "helpful," a quick acknowledgment would have been nice.
Downdetector pe spike dekh ke maza aaya 😅 Lekin seriously, kabhi kabhi tech giants ko ye samajhna chahiye ki hum emergency situations mein bhi inpar depend karte hain. Jaldi fix karo bhai!
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