Several popular AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, experienced outages on Thursday, disrupting service for thousands of users. The issues affected OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's AI platforms. Anthropic reported elevated errors across its models, while Google AI Studio's status page indicated problems with the Gemini API. The companies are working to resolve the issues.
Four major AI models, including those operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google, experienced a rare overlapping set of significant service interruptions on Thursday morning. The outages affected several AI models, including Claude Mythos and Opus. Anthropic reported a partial outage and later deployed a fix.
On a more positive note, AI back-end network switch sales have surpassed those of front-end networks for the first time in the second quarter of 2026, according to a report by Dell'Oro Group. Ethernet further extended its lead in AI back-end networks, helping to mitigate supply constraints. The market is expected to remain supply-constrained for at least the next one-to-two years.
Dell Technologies reported a surge in earnings, driven by growth in its AI-driven server business. The company's server sales increased by 25% year-over-year, with a record $95 billion backlog. Dell's AI-powered servers are driving growth, and the company is well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for AI-powered servers.
Penn State University is offering a new AI course and resources to help students develop AI literacy. The course, called AI Essentials, is a self-paced online course that covers topics such as technical knowledge, ethical awareness, and practical application. The university is also providing access to AI tools, including ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged India to build a local AI economy, emphasizing the importance of developing AI capabilities in the country. Nvidia's stock price has surged, driven by strong earnings and growth prospects in the AI space. The company has evolved from a gaming-focused company to a critical player in artificial intelligence, providing hardware and software solutions for AI model development and training.
Key Takeaways
• ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini experienced outages on Thursday, disrupting service for thousands of users. • Four major AI models, including those operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google, experienced a rare overlapping set of significant service interruptions. • AI back-end network switch sales have surpassed those of front-end networks for the first time in the second quarter of 2026. • Dell Technologies reported a surge in earnings, driven by growth in its AI-driven server business. • Penn State University is offering a new AI course and resources to help students develop AI literacy. • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged India to build a local AI economy. • Nvidia's stock price has surged, driven by strong earnings and growth prospects in the AI space. • Celestica's stock price dropped 5.62% due to investor reassessment of the company's AI hardware valuation. • Researchers have introduced DocHop, a benchmark for integrated chart-context reasoning in document-style images. • Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, Greg Abel, discussed the company's AI strategy, which focuses on data-center power to support AI efforts.ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini face outages
Several popular AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, experienced outages on Thursday, disrupting service for thousands of users. The issues affected OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's AI platforms. Anthropic reported elevated errors across its models, while Google AI Studio's status page indicated problems with the Gemini API. The companies are working to resolve the issues.
Four major AI models suffer rare downtime
Four major AI models, including those operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google, experienced a rare overlapping set of significant service interruptions on Thursday morning. The outages affected several AI models, including Claude Mythos and Opus. Anthropic reported a partial outage and later deployed a fix. The cause of the outages is not yet known.
AI back-end network sales surge
Sales of AI back-end network switches surpassed those of front-end networks for the first time in the second quarter of 2026, according to a report by Dell'Oro Group. Ethernet further extended its lead in AI back-end networks, helping to mitigate supply constraints. The market is expected to remain supply-constrained for at least the next one-to-two years.
AI back-end network sales surpass front-end networks
According to Dell'Oro Group, AI back-end network switch sales surpassed front-end network sales for the first time in the second quarter of 2026. The market size has become larger in absolute terms, with Ethernet extending its lead in AI back-end networks. The growth is driven by scale-out and scale-across use cases.
Dell's AI-driven server growth
Dell Technologies reported a surge in earnings, driven by growth in its AI-driven server business. The company's server sales increased by 25% year-over-year, with a record $95 billion backlog. Dell's AI-powered servers are driving growth, and the company is well-positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for AI-powered servers.
Penn State offers AI course and resources
Penn State University is offering a new AI course and resources to help students develop AI literacy. The course, called AI Essentials, is a self-paced online course that covers topics such as technical knowledge, ethical awareness, and practical application. The university is also providing access to AI tools, including ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
Celestica stock drops 5.62%
Celestica's stock price dropped 5.62% due to investor reassessment of the company's AI hardware valuation, execution risk, and profit-taking pressure. The company provides advanced connectivity, networking, and hardware platforms used in data-center and communications markets.
DocHop benchmark for multi-hop reasoning
Researchers have introduced DocHop, a benchmark for integrated chart-context reasoning in document-style images. The benchmark evaluates the ability of multimodal large language models to use textual context to determine how chart evidence should be selected, interpreted, and aggregated.
Berkshire Hathaway's AI strategy
Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, Greg Abel, discussed the company's AI strategy, which focuses on data-center power to support AI efforts. The company is investing heavily in this area, citing the rapid growth of AI applications and increasing demand for computing power.
Nvidia CEO urges India to build local AI economy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged India to build a local AI economy, emphasizing the importance of developing AI capabilities in the country.
Nvidia reinforces AI leadership
Nvidia's stock price has surged, driven by strong earnings and growth prospects in the AI space. The company has evolved from a gaming-focused company to a critical player in artificial intelligence, providing hardware and software solutions for AI model development and training.
Sources
- ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are all down as thousands of users experience outages
- Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime
- AI Back-End Networks Switch Sales Surpass Front-End Networks for the First Time in 2Q 2026, According to Dell’Oro Group
- AI Back-End Networks Switch Sales Surpass Front-End Networks for the First Time in 2Q2026, According to Dell'Oro Group
- Dell Earnings Surge: Is It the Next Big AI Stock to Buy in 2026?
- Penn State offers new AI course, resources for students
- Celestica Stock Drops 5.62% as AI Hardware Valuation, Execution Risk and Profit-Taking Pressure Sentiment
- DocHop: Benchmarking Out-of-domain Multi-hop Reasoning in Information-Dense Documents
- Berkshire Hathaway AI strategy: Greg Abel bets on data-center power
- "Excited To See India Build A Local AI Economy": Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's Message
- Nvidia (NVDA) Reinforces AI Leadership as Tech Stocks Reach New Heights
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