ChatGPT Outage: OpenAI implements Quick Fix after thousands report issues worldwide
ChatGPT, the widely popular conversational AI developed by OpenAI, experienced a significant outage, leaving users worldwide unable to access the platform.
ChatGPT, the widely popular conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI), is back online after experiencing a brief outage on Thursday.
Several users reported the platform was down in the morning. While other AI apps were available such as Gemini, Copilot and Bard.
Was ChatGPT down?
Downdetector, a platform that monitors online service disruptions, noted a significant increase in outage reports for ChatGPT on Thursday morning.
When users attempted to access the AI tool developed by OpenAI on Thursday morning, they encountered a prolonged loading time followed by a "bad gateway" error message.
In a status update, OpenAI mentioned that they had been investigating "increased errors for ChatGPT" and identified the issue by 8:43 a.m. The chatbot now appears to be functioning normally.
According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the two-year-old chatbot, developed by OpenAI, is used by hundreds of millions of people weekly.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a generative AI chatbot created and launched by OpenAI in 2022.
Unlike predictive AI, generative AI is trained on extensive datasets to identify patterns and create its own content, including voices, music, images, and videos.
ChatGPT enables users to engage with it much like they would with a human, producing conversational responses to various questions or prompts.
Supporters believe ChatGPT could transform online search engines, assist in research, information writing, content creation, and customer service chatbots. However, the service has faced controversy, with critics expressing concerns that ChatGPT and similar tools may contribute to online misinformation and enable student plagiarism.