ChatGPT outage affects thousands globally; OpenAI says 'working on fix'

Popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing a global outage, affecting thousands of users worldwide. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has acknowledged the issue and announced that it is actively working on a fix. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector, reports of problems accessing ChatGPT spiked around 1 PM.

Downdetector data indicates that 81% of users reported issues accessing ChatGPT, 14% had problems accessing the OpenAI website, and 5% experienced difficulties using the ChatGPT app.

On a support page, OpenAI confirmed the issue, stating, “ChatGPT is unavailable for some users.” At 1:32 AM PDT (around 2:00 PM IST), OpenAI updated the support page, noting, “Identified the issue and mitigating." In a subsequent post, OpenAI added, “We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue."

Social Media Reactions:

As the outage persisted, ChatGPT users took to social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram to confirm the AI service's downtime.

One user on X speculated humorously, “#ChatGPT is down. What if it never comes back and we have to use our own brains to write stuff again?"

Another frustrated user shared, “ChatGPT is not responding, neither on computer nor on the phone."

Expressing their frustration, a user questioned, "How am I supposed to get any work done with ChatGPT being down!?"

In a sarcastic tone, another user wrote, “I'm asking ChatGPT why it's not working but I'm not getting an answer! I might have to ask a human being."

Yet another user humorously remarked, “ChatGPT is down, I'm not doing any actual thinking, I refuse. I'll just sit here until it becomes available again."

As OpenAI continues to work on resolving the issue, users await the restoration of ChatGPT’s services.