ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time
OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude are all experiencing issues. ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 03, 2026 • Source: The Verge
What happened
Title: ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time
Three of the most prominent artificial intelligence platforms experienced simultaneous service disruptions. OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude all began exhibiting connection issues and error messages at approximately 11AM ET. The outages left millions of users unable to access their chat interfaces, prompting a flurry of user reports
How it works
Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.OpenAI’s ChatGPT, xAI’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude are back online after they all began experiencing issues around the same time on Thursday. Anthropic resolved the problem at around 12:15PM ET.Grok similarly began experiencing an outage across Android, iOS, and web at 9:30AM ET.
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Why it matters
Upon trying to prompt the chatbot on X, it returned a message saying: “This model is overloaded right now. Please try again shortly or pick a different model.” xAI has since fixed the issue.RelatedOpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’It’s not clear what went wrong at all three companies, or if the issues were somehow related.
Who is affected
Read the original coverage at The Verge via the source link above for the complete details and primary quotes.
What to watch next
Cross-check release notes and official docs before changing production systems based on early reporting.
Developer Action Items
- ☐ Diff the official changelog for OpenAI / Anthropic / Claude before you bump — APIs, defaults, and removed flags only.
- ☐ Install through the vendor's documented channel in staging; keep a one-command rollback and time-box the canary.
- ☐ Grep your repo for old flag names, lockfile pins, and plugin versions that the notes mark as breaking.
- ☐ Prefer the first patch cut over the day-zero tag unless you have a reason to be on the leading edge.
- ☐ If The Verge did not name a region, plan, or SKU, screenshot the official availability line before you promise it to users.
Author
Dillip Chowdary
Writes Tech Bytes coverage of AI, engineering, and the tools that actually ship. Editor of Tech Pulse Daily.
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