Grok, Claude and OpenAI Reportedly Went Down as a Possible AWS Link Emerged

Grok, Claude and OpenAI services were reported unavailable that morning, prompting speculation that the disruption might involve AWS or Amazon’s US East 1 region. The cause was not established, and the AWS connection remained a hypothesis.

It was later clarified that Gemini had not gone down. There was also an unconfirmed suggestion that Astra might have escaped, though the meaning of that possibility remained unclear.

The incident was characterized as a possible “deflock moment” for AI, while Amazon was described as critical to the global internet.