{"id":2129655,"date":"2026-09-03T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2129655"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:55:15","slug":"all-the-major-ai-chatbots-are-experiencing-outages-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2129655","title":{"rendered":"All the Major AI Chatbots Are Experiencing Outages Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s not just you. The major AI chatbots are currently experiencing outages or degraded performance right now. And it\u2019s not clear why.<\/p>\n

Users report OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Anthropic\u2019s Claude, xAI\u2019s Grok, and Google\u2019s Gemini have all seen some form of outage on Thursday. Perplexity users have not reported any issues.<\/p>\n

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Reached for comment over email around 11:40 a.m. ET, a spokesperson for OpenAI directed Gizmodo to the ChatGPT status page, writing, \u201cWe have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.\u201d But when Gizmodo checked, the status page read: \u201cWe are still experiencing degraded performance.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The company sent an update at 12:43 p.m. ET that reads: \u201cA routing error starting around 7:43am PT on Thursday, September 3 made ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users across platforms. As of about 8:17 a.m. PT on Thursday, a solution was successfully implemented and is continuing to be monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for Anthropic told Gizmodo around 11:48 a.m. ET that, \u201cClaude is mostly back up after an infrastructure issue caused a partial outage across Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API. We will share updates on our status page as we continue to restore service.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Anthropic spokesperson added, \u201cWe know Claude is part of how many of you get work done, and we appreciate your understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google and xAI didn\u2019t immediately respond to Gizmodo\u2019s inquiries. Down Detector shows the problems at the major chatbots seem to have started after 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday. But Anthropic is absolutely correct that many people have started to rely on AI chatbots in ways that can really disrupt their workday.<\/p>\n

Anthropic sent an update to Gizmodo at 1:17 p.m. ETP \u201cClaude is fully back up after an infrastructure issue caused a partial outage across Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API earlier today. Service was restored at 16:16 UTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We are sorry for the issues you may have experienced with Grok following an outage at our Memphis compute center this morning. We\u2019d also like to apologize to our impacted compute partners.<\/p>\n

All systems have now been restored and are functioning nominally.<\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceXAI (@SpaceXAI) September 3, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a developing story, and this article will be updated as we learn more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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It\u2019s not just you. The major AI chatbots are currently experiencing outages or degraded performance right now. And it\u2019s not clear why.<\/p>\n

Users report OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Anthropic\u2019s Claude, xAI\u2019s Grok, and Google\u2019s Gemini have all seen some form of outage on Thursday. Perplexity users have not reported any issues.<\/p>\n

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Reached for comment over email around 11:40 a.m. ET, a spokesperson for OpenAI directed Gizmodo to the ChatGPT status page, writing, \u201cWe have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.\u201d But when Gizmodo checked, the status page read: \u201cWe are still experiencing degraded performance.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The company sent an update at 12:43 p.m. ET that reads: \u201cA routing error starting around 7:43am PT on Thursday, September 3 made ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users across platforms. As of about 8:17 a.m. PT on Thursday, a solution was successfully implemented and is continuing to be monitored.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for Anthropic told Gizmodo around 11:48 a.m. ET that, \u201cClaude is mostly back up after an infrastructure issue caused a partial outage across Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API. We will share updates on our status page as we continue to restore service.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Anthropic spokesperson added, \u201cWe know Claude is part of how many of you get work done, and we appreciate your understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google and xAI didn\u2019t immediately respond to Gizmodo\u2019s inquiries. Down Detector shows the problems at the major chatbots seem to have started after 9:00 a.m. ET on Thursday. But Anthropic is absolutely correct that many people have started to rely on AI chatbots in ways that can really disrupt their workday.<\/p>\n

Anthropic sent an update to Gizmodo at 1:17 p.m. ETP \u201cClaude is fully back up after an infrastructure issue caused a partial outage across Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API earlier today. Service was restored at 16:16 UTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We are sorry for the issues you may have experienced with Grok following an outage at our Memphis compute center this morning. We\u2019d also like to apologize to our impacted compute partners.<\/p>\n

All systems have now been restored and are functioning nominally.<\/p>\n

\u2014 SpaceXAI (@SpaceXAI) September 3, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a developing story, and this article will be updated as we learn more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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