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Global AI Services Outage Hits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok

Users report simultaneous outages across major AI platforms, suggesting a failure in shared cloud infrastructure.

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Users worldwide reported simultaneous access failures affecting popular artificial intelligence services including OpenAI, Claude, Grok, Google Gemini, and Cursor. [1] On September 3, 2026, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok experienced a global service outage affecting millions of users. [2] Major AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini experienced service failures on Thursday that prevented thousands of users from accessing their services normally. [3] Frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI all experienced rare outages on Thursday morning, creating downtime for their corresponding AI chatbots. [4] Analysts suspect the disruptions are related to hyperscalers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, which host the data centers and cloud infrastructure for these services. [5] The simultaneous nature of the outages suggests the root cause is located in common internet infrastructure rather than the individual AI models themselves. [6] Anthropic indicated that Claude models Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 were interrupted but later recovered their usual error rates. [7] Microsoft Azure, which provides cloud services for the affected models, also experienced interruptions during the incident. [8] OpenAI reported that ChatGPT and Codex experienced high error rates which were corrected by 12:00 PM Colombia time. [9] Anthropic reported errors in Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 models, stating that affected models had been reduced and services were returning to normal operation. [10] Grok, developed by xAI, reported experiencing problems on its status page, with the company stating it was working to restore the service as soon as possible. [11] OpenAI spokesperson Kathleen Chaykowski told WIRED that a routing error starting around 7:43 am PT on Thursday, September 3, made ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users across platforms. [12]
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  1. Users worldwide reported simultaneous access failures affecting popular artificial intelligence services including OpenAI, Claude, Grok, Google Gemini, and Cursor. · ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ - Τα λέει όλα
  2. On September 3, 2026, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok experienced a global service outage affecting millions of users. · La Opinión
  3. Major AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini experienced service failures on Thursday that prevented thousands of users from accessing their services normally. · Vanguardia
  4. Frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI all experienced rare outages on Thursday morning, creating downtime for their corresponding AI chatbots. · WIRED
  5. Analysts suspect the disruptions are related to hyperscalers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, which host the data centers and cloud infrastructure for these services. · ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ - Τα λέει όλα
  6. The simultaneous nature of the outages suggests the root cause is located in common internet infrastructure rather than the individual AI models themselves. · ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ - Τα λέει όλα
  7. Anthropic indicated that Claude models Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 were interrupted but later recovered their usual error rates. · La Opinión
  8. Microsoft Azure, which provides cloud services for the affected models, also experienced interruptions during the incident. · La Opinión
  9. OpenAI reported that ChatGPT and Codex experienced high error rates which were corrected by 12:00 PM Colombia time. · La Opinión
  10. Anthropic reported errors in Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 models, stating that affected models had been reduced and services were returning to normal operation. · Vanguardia
  11. Grok, developed by xAI, reported experiencing problems on its status page, with the company stating it was working to restore the service as soon as possible. · Vanguardia
  12. OpenAI spokesperson Kathleen Chaykowski told WIRED that a routing error starting around 7:43 am PT on Thursday, September 3, made ChatGPT and Codex unavailable for some users across platforms. · WIRED
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