ChatGPT Down? Thousands of Users Report Outage, Open AI Responds

Just days after a major Microsoft Azure outage, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is facing technical issues affecting thousands of users. According to monitoring site Down Detector, reports of problems with ChatGPT began

rising shortly before 3:00 PM ET, with more than 1,000 issues logged within half an hour. OpenAI confirmed the disruption on its official status page, stating at 3:24 PM ET: "We have identified the issue and are working to mitigate it." Reports of outages peaked at over 2,600, before showing signs of decline. By 3:40 PM ET, Down Detector recorded just over 1,100 reports as OpenAI worked towards restoring service.