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Decision BriefThe Vergetoolproduct2026-09-03

ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time

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Decision Summary: “ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time” is a public AI signal for Builder and Operator. The practical question is whether it becomes relevant when this topic touches an active sprint, not whether the headline is loud.

What Changed

OpenAI's ChatGPT, xAI's Grok, and Anthropic's Claude all began experiencing issues around the same time on Thursday. At about 11AM ET, ChatGPT started returning error messages for users trying to use the chatbot, with its status page saying there are currently "elevated errors across ChatGPT and Cod

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