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[^2]\n\nMajor AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini experienced service failures on Thursday that prevented thousands of users from accessing their services normally. [^3]\n\nFrontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI all experienced rare outages on Thursday morning, creating downtime for their corresponding AI chatbots. [^4]\n\nOpenAI introduced GPT-6 Astra, an AI model the company says can operate on a computer and automatically complete complex, multi-step business tasks that previously required direct human intervention. [^5]\n\nAnalysts suspect the disruptions are related to hyperscalers such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, which host the data centers and cloud infrastructure for these services. [^6]\n\nThe simultaneous nature of the outages suggests the root cause is located in common internet infrastructure rather than the individual AI models themselves. [^7]\n\nDowndetector recorded over 37,000 outage reports in the United States, more than 3,000 in Spain, and over 1,000 in Mexico. [^8]\n\nMicrosoft Azure, which provides cloud services for the affected models, also experienced interruptions during the incident. [^9]\n\nOpenAI reported that ChatGPT and Codex experienced high error rates which were corrected by 12:00 PM Colombia time. [^10]\n\nAnthropic 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. [^11]\n\nGrok, 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. 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