🟢 Short Answer: Most major AI services are operational as of May 9, 2026. Claude had a significant outage on May 8 that is now fully resolved . Google Gemini / AI Studio still shows intermittent slow responses . ChatGPT, Grok, and Character.ai are all green. ⚡ Quick Status Dashboard — May 9, 2026 AI Service Status Today Last Incident Resolved? ChatGPT (OpenAI) ✅ Operational May 8 — Transcription failures ✅ Yes Claude (Anthropic) ✅ Operational May 8 — File operation errors ✅ Yes Gemini / AI Studio ⚠️ Intermittent May 7–8 — Hanging requests ⚠️ Ongoing Grok (xAI) ✅ Operational No recent incidents ✅ N/A Character.ai ✅ Mostly Stable Occasional user spikes ✅ Yes 🔍 Why Is AI Down So Often in 2026? Before diving into each platform, here's context: the week of May 4–8, 2026 was one of the most incident-heavy weeks across AI platforms in recent months. Multiple services — ChatGPT, Claude, and Google — all reported outages within the same 5-day window.…