A Bunch of AI Platforms Are Down, Including ChatGPT

Jake Peterson Jake Peterson Senior Technology Editor ExperienceJake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, and subscriptions. Read Full Bio September 3, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Credit: Robert Way via Getty Images Key Takeaways ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are all experiencing downtime Thursday morning. OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX AI all confirm issues with their platforms. It's not clear what the root cause of the issue is at this time, or whether the outages are related. Table of Contents If you're having trouble accessing AI platforms Thursday morning, you're not alone. It appears apps and services including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok are currently down, or experiencing issues in service. ChatGPT and Grok are both unresponsive when I try to use them, while Claude does appear to respond at this time. ChatGPT appears to be experiencing the most issues, at least per Downdetector. The site, which accepts user reports of issues with apps and services, currently shows over 12,000 reports for ChatGPT alone. Claude has over six thousand reports at the time of writing, while Grok has fewer, but still many over the course of this morning. According to OpenAI's status page, the company is experiencing issues with both ChatGPT and Codex. Anthropic has also acknowledged issues with Claude, including for its Mythos 5.1, Fable 5.1, and Opus 5 models, and says it is working on a fix. xAI shows that all Grok functions appear to be down at this time. What do you think so far? It's not clear exactly what's causing these issues, or if they are all related to one another. Typically, outages like these are solved relatively quickly, though depending on the root cause, the fix may take some time to implement. As such, you may be without your AI tools for some time on Thursday, but without more information, it's impossible to say for sure. I'll continue to monitor the situation and update this piece accordingly. Lifehacker has been a go-to source of tech help and life advice since 2005. Our mission is to offer reliable tech help and credible, practical, science-based life advice to help you live better. Our Mission Our Team Newsletter © 2001-2026 Ziff Davis, LLC., A ZIFF DAVIS COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Lifehacker is a federally registered trademark of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of Lifehacker. If you click an affiliate link and buy a product or service, we may be paid a fee by that merchant.