A series of outages plagued various websites, services, and platforms throughout the week, ultimately affecting productivity for users around the globe.

Google, OpenAI, Spotify, Amazon Web Services and OpenAI were all down on Thursday after a wide-spread tech outage. Tens of thousands of users reported issues on Downdector.com, a website that tracks outages. A large number of sites appear to be impacted, with reports ticking up in the tens of thousands around 2 p.m EST.

Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, Etsy, UPS and OpenAI all experienced a high volume of reports on DownDetector, with some informing users of disruptions. Even the Pokemon Trading Card Game and Pokemon Go weren't spared issues.

OpenAI said it will continue working with Scale AI after Meta Platforms Inc. made a multibillion-dollar investment in the startup, as it seeks to maintain a broad ecosystem of data sources.

OpenAI says it will keep working with Scale AI even after Meta Platforms Inc. made its multibillion-dollar investment in the data-labeling firm.

OpenAI plans to continue working with Scale AI after rival Meta on Friday agreed to take a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup for $14.8 billion, OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar told the VivaTech conference in Paris.

Barbie's going AI. Mattel, the company behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, is teaming up with OpenAI to build AI-powered toys.

Mattel has teamed up with OpenAI to develop toys and games with artificial intelligence, and expects to launch its first AI-powered product later this year, the Barbie-maker said on Thursday. The company,

The toymaker will also incorporate OpenAI's advanced AI tools like ChatGPT Enterprise into its business operations to enhance product innovation.