Is ChatGPT Dow: While OpenAI has not acknowledged the outage, Downdetector shows a sharp spike in outage reports
ChatGPT, one of the most popular artificial intelligence-based chatbots, is facing disruptions, barring users from making conversations or accessing their history. While OpenAI has not acknowledged the outage, Downdetector shows a sharp spike in outage reports, crossing 1,000 at the time of publishing. Users have reported issues in other OpenAI services, hinting that the company’s GPT-4o and GPT-4o mini models may have hit downtime.
ChatGPT, the widely used AI-powered chatbot, suffered a significant outage on Thursday, temporarily leaving millions of users across the World
OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently experiencing significant service disruptions, leaving thousands of users unable to access the platform or retrieve their conversation histories.
Downdetector, a website that tracks online service outages, recorded over 1,000 user reports highlighting technical problems with the chatbot. Despite the mounting user complaints, OpenAI has not yet officially acknowledged the outage.
The disruption appears to be widespread, preventing users from initiating new conversations and accessing previously saved chat histories. This service interruption comes at a time when ChatGPT has become an increasingly essential tool for many professionals, students, and casual users across various domains.
While the exact cause of the outage remains unclear, such technical difficulties are not uncommon for rapidly scaling AI platforms dealing with massive user bases and complex computational infrastructure.
Users are advised to periodically check OpenAI’s official communication channels for updates on the service status and potential resolution timeframes.
The incident underscores the growing reliability concerns surrounding AI technologies and their dependency on stable digital infrastructure.
