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  "id": 5360095,
  "title": "Several users report issues with ChatGPT, Claude and X's Grok on Downdetector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/several-users-report-issues-with-chatgpt-claude-and-xs-grok-on",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-03T15:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/is-chatgpt-claude-ai-grok-down-downdetector-several-users-report-issues-update-openai-anthropic-outage-news-101788447544391.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Users worldwide encountered problems with major generative AI platforms, ChatGPT by OpenAI, Claude by Anthropic, and Grok by X, as reported by Downdetector. As of 8:20 PM, there were 2,800 issues reported with ChatGPT, 170 with Claude, and over 40 with Grok in India. In the US, over 35,000 issues were logged for ChatGPT, 1,400 for Claude, and 1,200 for Grok. OpenAI acknowledged the errors, stating, \"elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex\" and that they are investigating. Meanwhile, ChatGPT posted a video on X showing stars aligning, and OpenAI unveiled Astra, a significant cybersecurity advance. Claude explained that they identified the cause of elevated errors in specific model versions and are working on a fix. Grok, X's AI bot, confirmed it was experiencing issues and assured quick service restoration. The HT News Desk covers a wide range of topics, providing reliable, fact-based journalism with context and analysis for readers.",
  "summary": "OpenAI said that there are “elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex” and that they are “investigating the issue for listed services”.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
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        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude face widespread outages; Amazon Web Services also hit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/chatgpt-gemini-claude-face-widespread-outages-amazon-web-services",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok were knocked offline simultaneously in a rare multi-platform outage",
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      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Claude is an okay ChatGPT alternative, this AI tool is better than both",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/claude-is-an-okay-chatgpt-alternative-this-ai-tool-is-better-than-both",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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