Synopsis
Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, faced significant disruptions on Friday. Users reported being unable to access the service, receive replies, or log in. Most issues were reported by mobile app users. This outage adds to recent technical problems faced by Grok.Listen to this article in summarized format
Data from outage tracker Downdetector showed that most complaints came from mobile app users, making up 71% of reports. Another 28% said the website was not working properly, while 1% experienced login issues.
The number of user complaints peaked at around 6:30 am (IST) at around 800.
Many users took to social media, asking whether Grok was down and sharing screenshots of the chatbot failing to answer questions.
xAI has not addressed the issue or given an official statement as of yet.
The disruption is the latest in a series of technical problems faced by Grok in recent months. Users have previously reported slow responses, sign-in failures and repeated “high demand” alerts during busy periods and software updates.
