GENERAL3 Sept 2026
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude face widespread outages; Amazon Web Services also hit
On Thursday evening, major AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic's Claude faced widespread outages, according to Downdetector. Thousands of users globally reported websites being inaccessible, server errors, and failed prompts. Grok and Amazon Web Services also appeared affected. OpenAI applied a mitigation, while Anthropic fixed most models but said Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 still had issues.
Key Statutory Highlights
- Outage reports for ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Claude surged on Thursday evening, affecting thousands of users globally.
- Users faced problems ranging from total website inaccessibility to internal server errors and gateway timeout messages.
- OpenAI applied a mitigation for ChatGPT and Codex, while Anthropic said only Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 models remained affected.
Actionable Advice for Taxpayers / Founders:If you rely on AI tools for business tasks, keep manual backups and check the provider's status page before assuming your request went through.
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