SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Users of the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT are experiencing widespread issues this morning as parent company OpenAI appears to be suffering a major outage.
According to the online outage tracker Downdetector, user reports of problems began to surge early Tuesday. The site showed a significant spike in reported issues beginning around 4 a.m. CDT, escalating to over 1,500 reports by 8 a.m. The overwhelming majority of the problems, approximately 92%, were related to the main ChatGPT service. An additional 7% of users reported problems with the mobile application, while 1% had issues with logging into the service.
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company based in the United States. It provides users with access to a suite of powerful AI tools and applications, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Sora, which are utilized by millions for professional, educational, and personal tasks. The outage has led to widespread discussion on social media, with users noting disruptions to their daily workflows.
The company has not yet released an official statement detailing the cause or the expected duration of the service disruption. The outage affects users globally who rely on the AI platform for a variety of functions, from writing assistance to complex data analysis. This story is developing.
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