ChatGPT down: OpenAI AI chatbot suffers global outage, users complaint in USA

ChatGPT, OpenAI's AI chatbot, experienced a major global outage on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users unable to access the service across multiple continents, with the USA and India reporting the highest number of disruptions. OpenAI acknowledged the outage on its system status page, confirming that both ChatGPT and its text-to-video platform Sora were affected.

According to the real-time monitoring platform Downdetector, user reports of ChatGPT outages surged rapidly around 5.30 am (ET).

"Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services. We are continuing to investigate this issue," OpenAI said. However, it did not provide a specific timeline for resolution.


Users attempting to access ChatGPT encountered repeated error messages such as "Hmm…something seems to have gone wrong” and “A network error occurred. Please check your connection and try again.”

The outage led to a flurry of activity on social media, with users sharing memes, voicing frustration, and highlighting the growing reliance on AI tools for daily tasks.

FAQs

Q1. Which company owns ChatGpt?
A1. OpenAI owns ChatGpt.

Q2. Is ChatGpt down?
A2. According to the real-time monitoring platform Downdetector, user reports of ChatGPT outages surged rapidly around 5.30 am (ET).