OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffered a global outage last Thursday. This left millions of users unable to access the service. In addition to ChatGPT, OpenAI’s API and video creation tool Sora were also affected. Users see the message “ChatGPT is currently unavailable”
OpenAI quickly acknowledged the issue on X (formerly Twitter), saying: “We are currently experiencing an outage. We’ve identified the issue and are working on a fix. We apologize, and we’ll keep you updated.” As recovery efforts began, OpenAI updated its status on its website, saying: “API traffic recovery is in progress. And we are bringing ChatGPT traffic back up by region. Sora has begun a partial recovery.”
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Despite these efforts But the recovery process was not smooth. many users Specifically, GPTPro customers report slow logins and performance issues. More than 2,400 reported outages were recorded as of Thursday morning, according to Downdetector, an outage tracking platform. Businesses using OpenAI’s APIs were also affected. It highlighted the wider impact of the shutdown.
This is not the first time ChatGPT has encountered such problems. In November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to X after a 30-minute outage affected more than 19,000 users. Altman said that although the company had made progress in reliability, But there is still a lot of work to be done.
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In a related development, Meta’s WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook also stopped working on Wednesday night. This affected thousands of users. Meta later confirmed that the issue had been fixed. And most users can access it again.
These activities highlight the growing reliance on digital platforms. and the challenge of maintaining uninterrupted service to billions of users around the world.
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