{"id":2126493,"date":"2026-09-03T16:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126493"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:28:31","slug":"chatgpt-claude-gemini-down-what-we-know-about-the-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126493","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini down: What we know about the outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/04VN37Y1ryJYR56XMHcpFiO\/hero-image.fill.size_1200x675.v1788451100.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"mx-auto max-w-5xl\" data-seamless-content data-seamless-title=\"ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini down: What we know about the AI outages\" data-seamless-slug=\"openai-chatgpt-outage-updates-grok-gemini\" data-seamless-canonical-url=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/openai-chatgpt-outage-updates-grok-gemini\" 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aria-label=\"Navigate to the Home page\">Home<\/a><span class=\"ml-1\">&gt;<\/span><a class=\"ml-1 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Tech category\">Tech<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"mt-4 header-100 leading-tight max-w-5xl \">ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini down: What we know about the AI outages<\/h1>\n<div class=\"mt-2 leading-tight md:leading-normal text-xl max-w-4xl \">A major outage appears to have hit all of the big AI providers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"w-full relative z-10 items-center subtitle-2 mt-8 text-left md:flex md:flex-wrap md:items-center md:space-x-8 \">\n<div class=\"flex relative\">\n                                        \u00a0By\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-block md:relative\" aria-describedby=\"flyout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/author\/matt-binder\" class=\"underline-link\">Matt Binder<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                            \u00a0on\u00a0<time datetime=\"Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:28:31 +0000\">September 3, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-initial content-start mt-4 text-base md:mt-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Ftech%2Fopenai-chatgpt-outage-updates-grok-gemini\" data-ga-element=\"social-share-link\" data-ga-action=\"social_share_link\" data-ga-position=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"facebook\" data-ga-click aria-label=\"Facebook Share\" class=\"pr-3 hover:text-primary-400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Ftech%2Fopenai-chatgpt-outage-updates-grok-gemini&amp;text=ChatGPT%2C+Claude%2C+Gemini+down%3A+What+we+know+about+the+AI+outages\" data-ga-element=\"social-share-link\" data-ga-action=\"social_share_link\" data-ga-position=\"2\" data-ga-label=\"twitter\" data-ga-click 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src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/04VN37Y1ryJYR56XMHcpFiO\/hero-image.fill.size_1248x702.v1788451100.jpg\" alt=\"AI providers\" width=\"1248\" height=\"702\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-2 leading-none text-left\"><span class=\"font-sans normal-case subtitle-2 text-gray-1000\">ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok all went down on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"font-sans text-gray-600 subtitle-2\">Credit: Matteo Della Torre\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"px-4 mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<hr class=\"mt-12 border-gray-100 border-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"article\" data-autopogo class=\"mt-8 font-serif editor-content\">\n<p><strong><em>Updated on Sept. 3 at 12:24 p.m. ET \u2014<\/em><\/strong><em> User error reports for <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">ChatGPT<\/a><\/em><em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gemini\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Gemini<\/a><\/em><em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/anthropic\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Claude<\/a><\/em><em> are dropping on DownDetector, and some social media users report the morning&#8217;s AI outages have mostly resolved. However, as of this writing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.openai.com\/incidents\/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">OpenAI status page<\/a><\/em><em> still reports &#8220;degraded performance.&#8221; OpenAI&#8217;s latest update states, &#8220;We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anthropic&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/status.claude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">status page<\/a><\/em><em> reports that the Claude outage has ended: &#8220;The issue affecting Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 has been resolved. Impact has ended as of 9:16 PT \/ 16:16 UTC.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At this time, the cause of the outage is unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-8 mb-12 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans md:mt-12 md:mb-16 text-primary-400\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-row justify-center text-lg text-center md:text-xl\">\n<hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"><strong class=\"py-4 mx-4 w-full min-w-max text-2xl\">You May Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto w-full border border-gray-100\"><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>A major internet outage appears to have hit all of the major AI services on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Grok all appear to be suffering from stability and downtime issues as of publishing, with thousands of users reporting outages.<\/p>\n<section aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<div class=\"absolute left-8 px-2 font-sans text-lg font-bold leading-8 bg-white top-[-15px]\"><span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Light Speed<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-8 bg-white md:p-10\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col mx-auto font-sans\" data-ga-impression data-ga-category=\"newsletters\" data-ga-module=\"incontent_nl_signup\" data-ga-label=\"mashablelightspeed\">\n<div class=\"font-bold leading-tight text-left md:leading-8 header-300\">Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-2 leading-tight text-left bg-white md:mt-0 md:leading-8 header-600\">Sign up for Mashable&#8217;s weekly Light Speed newsletter.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-4 font-sans text-xs leading-normal text-left subtitle-1\">\n                    By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziffdavis.com\/terms-of-use\" class=\"underline text-secondary-300 hover:text-primary-400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Terms of Use<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziffdavis.com\/ztg-privacy-policy\" class=\"underline text-secondary-300 hover:text-primary-400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"py-1 mx-auto max-w-xl text-center\">\n<div class=\"header-300\">Thanks for signing up!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"eloquent-imagery-image\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" src=\"https:\/\/helios-i.mashable.com\/imagery\/articles\/04VN37Y1ryJYR56XMHcpFiO\/images-1.fill.size_2000x411.v1788451100.png\" alt=\"AI outages\" width=\"2000\" height=\"411\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-2 subtitle-2 font-sans \"><span class=\"normal-case text-gray-1000\">DownDetector shows the major AI providers suffering downtime on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"text-gray-600 credit\">Credit: DownDetector<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>DownDetector<\/u><\/a>, users across AI platforms started experiencing issues accessing ChatGPT at around 11 a.m. ET. However, it&#8217;s not just OpenAI having issues either. DownDetector users also report that Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI&#8217;s chatbots are all suffering from similar outages.<\/p>\n<p>Brief ChatGPT and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/anthropic-claude-down\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">Claude outages<\/a> happen occasionally, and they usually resolve quickly. However, it&#8217;s highly unusual for multiple AI services to experience problems simultaneously.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oh my god. <\/p>\n<p>&gt; ChatGPT is down. <br \/>&gt; Claude is down.<br \/>&gt; Grok is down.<\/p>\n<p>what&#39;s going on? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5NKlmUe9Ra\">pic.twitter.com\/5NKlmUe9Ra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sui (@birdabo) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/birdabo\/status\/2095526371841958047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/status.openai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>status monitor<\/u><\/a> says &#8220;we&#8217;re currently experiencing issues&#8221; and states that there are &#8220;elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/status.claude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\"><u>status monitor<\/u><\/a> shared that Mythos\/Fable 5.1, Mythos\/Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 4.6 models are all affected by the outage.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s currently unclear as to why all of these major AI platforms are suffering similar issues at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and we will update as more information becomes available&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable\u2019s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p><span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 mr-1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apps-software\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the Apps &amp; 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