Microsoft Copilot DOWN as AI is crippled by outage affecting users across UK

MICROSOFT Copilot experienced an outage, impacting users across the UK and Europe.

The tech firm confirmed an “unexpected increase in traffic” was to blame for the service going down.

Copilot is an AI-powered assistant that helps workers with data analysis and other tasks.

In a statement, Microsoft said: “We’re investigating an issue in which users in the United Kingdom may be unable to access Microsoft Copilot, or experience degraded functionality with some features.”

The firm added: “Upon an initial investigation, we’ve identified this issue may impact any user within the United Kingdom, or Europe, attempting to access Microsoft Copilot. Indications from service monitoring telemetry suggest an unexpected increase in traffic has…