# Major AI Outage Simultaneously Disrupts ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude

Simultaneous service disruptions affected OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude around 11 AM ET.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude all experienced service issues simultaneously. [^1]

On September 3, 2026, thousands of users globally reported difficulties accessing major AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok. [^2]

On Thursday, users reported widespread access failures for the three major AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok across different regions of the world. [^3]

Elon Musk's AI company xAI filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the US District Court for the District of Minnesota to prevent the enforcement of the state's new AI nude image ban. [^4]

On April 4, the US District Court for the District of Minnesota rejected xAI's application for a preliminary injunction regarding Minnesota House Bill 1606. [^5]

The API endpoint at us-east-1.api.x.ai is currently reported as experiencing an outage. [^6]

xAI reported an outage affecting the Grok model service on iOS devices. [^7]

At approximately 11 AM ET, ChatGPT began returning error messages to users attempting to use the chatbot. [^8]

ChatGPT's status page indicated there were currently elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex. [^9]

The outage prevented users from accessing conversations, logins, file uploads, voice mode, search, deep research, and image generation on ChatGPT. [^10]

Anthropic reported that Claude, its chatbot service, also presented problems for some users on September 3, 2026. [^11]

The nature of the disruptions varied, with some users finding services completely inaccessible while others experienced errors, slowness, or interruptions. [^12]

## What this stands on

1. OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude all experienced service issues simultaneously. (theverge.com, News)
2. On September 3, 2026, thousands of users globally reported difficulties accessing major AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok. (La República.pe, News)
3. On Thursday, users reported widespread access failures for the three major AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok across different regions of the world. (Publimetro Colombia, News)
4. Elon Musk's AI company xAI filed a motion for a preliminary injunction with the US District Court for the District of Minnesota to prevent the enforcement of the state's new AI nude image ban. (매일경제, News)
5. On April 4, the US District Court for the District of Minnesota rejected xAI's application for a preliminary injunction regarding Minnesota House Bill 1606. (매일경제, News)
6. The API endpoint at us-east-1.api.x.ai is currently reported as experiencing an outage. (x.ai, News)
7. xAI reported an outage affecting the Grok model service on iOS devices. (x.ai, News)
8. At approximately 11 AM ET, ChatGPT began returning error messages to users attempting to use the chatbot. (theverge.com, News)
9. ChatGPT's status page indicated there were currently elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex. (theverge.com, News)
10. The outage prevented users from accessing conversations, logins, file uploads, voice mode, search, deep research, and image generation on ChatGPT. (theverge.com, News)
11. Anthropic reported that Claude, its chatbot service, also presented problems for some users on September 3, 2026. (La República.pe, News)
12. The nature of the disruptions varied, with some users finding services completely inaccessible while others experienced errors, slowness, or interruptions. (La República.pe, News)

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