# AI uprising postponed after Copilot falls off the web

DevFeed: [AI uprising postponed after Copilot falls off the web](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-uprising-postponed-after-copilot-falls-off-the-web-8528.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/10/ai-uprising-postponed-after-copilot-falls-off-the-web/5295475>)

Author: Richard Speed

Published: 2026-09-10T10:30:50Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-ml.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [microsoft-365](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-365.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [resilience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resilience.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

Copilot's chatbot was unavailable for 100 minutes because of Error 1016, while a separate resilience drill also affected suggestions.

## Source excerpt

Error 1016 kept the chatbot quiet for 100 minutes while a separate resilience drill swallowed suggestion pills