Widespread AI outage underway

OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and xAI's Grok are all down Thursday morning, according to outage tracker Downdetector, an unusual simultaneous failure as reliance on AI models grows. Reported issues also affect Google's Gemini, though Google has not confirmed an outage.

Widespread AI outage underway By Josephine WalkerSource: Axios https://www.axios.com OpenAI /glossary/openai 's ChatGPT https://www.axios.com/2026/08/18/openai-chatgpt-for-teens , Anthropic /glossary/anthropic 's Claude, https://www.axios.com/2026/09/01/anthropic-paused-some-ai-training-after-claude-took-unauthorized-actions and xAI's Grok https://www.axios.com/2026/07/08/spacexai-grok-new-model are all down Thursday morning, according to the outage company Downdetector. Why it matters: Outages are common, but it's unusual for all three to go down at once, especially as the world increasingly relies on AI models. - There have also been reported issues with Google's Gemini /glossary/gemini , but the company has not issued a confirmed outage notice. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI. Key Terms Explained Anthropic An AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei. Claude Anthropic's family of AI assistants, including Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. Gemini Google's flagship multimodal AI model family, developed by Google DeepMind. OpenAI The AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper.