OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI Hit by Service Outages

September 3, 2026 at 08:35 PM1 min

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OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXAI experienced service outages on Thursday, disrupting users of three leading US AI model makers. Tens of thousands of users reported issues with OpenAI services on Downdetector, while Anthropic and SpaceXAI also confirmed disruptions.

Key Facts

OpenAI reported elevated error rates across its ChatGPT chatbot and Codex AI coding tool.
Anthropic said several of its models had recovered after errors, but disruptions continued with Opus 4.8 and Opus 5.
Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's SpaceXAI, is confronting outages according to the company's status page.
Tens of thousands of users reported OpenAI service issues on Downdetector.

Outage Reports

OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and SpaceXAI were hit by outages on Thursday, according to user reports and company status pages. Tens of thousands of users reported OpenAI service issues on Downdetector, an outage-tracking service. OpenAI said it was investigating elevated error rates across its ChatGPT chatbot and Codex AI coding tool.

Company Responses

Anthropic said several of its models had recovered after experiencing errors but the company continues to work to address disruptions with its Opus 4.8 and Opus 5 offerings. Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk's SpaceXAI, is also confronting outages, according to the company's status page.