OpenAI’s popular Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT experienced a major outage early Thursday, causing frustration among users.
Users who tried to access the platform were greeted with an error message: “ChatGPT is currently unavailable. Status: Identified – We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.”
The outage, which lasted over three hours, led to widespread frustration, particularly among students and professionals who rely on ChatGPT for various tasks.
On X (formerly Twitter), the issue became a trending topic, garnering over 27,000 posts as of early Thursday.
Downdetector, a platform that tracks outages, similarly revealed that OpenAI received over 27,000 reports from around the world.
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Many users took to social media to express their concerns, with some users voicing their distress over urgent deadlines.
#chrsluvlanguage tweeted on X.com, “Why is ChatGPT down when I need to do my English homework?” while #jasmineeub wrote: “ChatGPT down and I have a final tomorrow.”
#scottieshowtime also wrote on X, “ChatGPT decides to crash the day before I have a project to complete.”
Acknowledging the outage in a post on X, OpenAI wrote: “We’re experiencing an outage right now. We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.
“Sorry, and we’ll keep you updated!”
Responding to OpenAI’s post, Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot wrote: “Hi everyone, nice to meet you.”
The timing of the comment drew a wave of attention on X, with some suggesting that it could serve as an alternative for those seeking assistance during the downtime.
A few hours after the downtime, the services of the platform owned by Sam Altman were restored.
Altman confirmed this in a post on X, saying “we back.”
#Evinst3in replied “thanks, Sam! Now, I can resume my work.”
#Star_Knight12 also wrote:“ChatGPT is back now. What could be the reason behind the outage?”
The outage follows a similar disruption earlier on Wednesday when Meta’s core platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, experienced major service interruptions.
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