Grok AI chatbot suffers widespread outage on X platform
Thousands of X (formerly Twitter) users reported that Grok, the platform's AI chatbot, stopped working starting around 9:00 AM ET, according to Downdetector data. Affected users received an error message stating the model was unavailable and prompting them to try a different one. X has not issued any official statement addressing the outage.
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Grok is a core feature integrated into X's premium offerings, so an outage disrupts paying users and undermines confidence in the platform's AI capabilities. The lack of communication from X during the incident also highlights ongoing concerns about transparency when its services fail.
- Grok outage reports surged past 1,000 on Downdetector starting around 9 AM ET.
- Users nationwide, including in New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, reported being unable to access the chatbot.
- X has not yet acknowledged or explained the cause of the disruption.
Source: androidauthority.com, 2026-09-03
Published there as: “Is Grok not working for you? Here’s what’s going on”
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