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ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok Hit by Widespread Outage

From Le Figaro · () French

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  • Thousands of users reported access problems affecting ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini on Thursday afternoon.
  • DownDetector recorded more than 5,000 reports involving ChatGPT, while the companies confirmed service disruptions without identifying a cause.
  • Anthropic said two Claude models remained affected, while OpenAI and xAI posted outage notices.

Several of the biggest artificial intelligence assistants went down on Thursday afternoon, leaving thousands of users unable or struggling to access their services. ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini were among the affected platforms.

DownDetector began recording a wave of complaints about 3 p.m. involving Grok, Claude and Gemini. Reports concerning ChatGPT appeared around 4:20 p.m. and later exceeded 5,000. The cause of the disruption remained unknown.

currently experiencing issues

· OpenAIThe company’s status message confirmed problems affecting ChatGPT.

The companies behind the services confirmed the problems. Anthropic said its Claude teams mobilized after detecting the first errors shortly after 1 p.m. By 5:25 p.m., the company said only two models remained affected, Opus 4.8 and Opus 5. Its newly launched Fable 5.1 model appeared unaffected at that point.

OpenAI posted a brief notice saying it was “currently experiencing issues,” while ChatGPT displayed a high error rate. The disruption came as OpenAI prepares to launch Astra, which it describes as the most powerful model its teams have developed. xAI’s status page also said, “Grok is currently experiencing issues. We are doing everything we can to restore service as soon as possible.”

Grok is currently experiencing issues. We are doing everything we can to restore service as soon as possible.

· xAIThe status page for Elon Musk’s AI assistant described the outage and the company’s response.
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