OpenAI's ChatGPT is currently down for thousands of users worldwide. According to outage tracking website Downdetector, the issue began around 5 p.m., with users reporting they are not being able to access the chatbot.
Affected users attempting to access ChatGPT via its website are encountering a "Bad gateway" error, preventing them from logging in.
Downdetector had 4,396 user reports at 5:19 pm.
"We are currently investigating this issue," reads a message on OpenAI's status page. The company said that it is working on a fix for the issue.
ChatGPT outage: This is what is visible on the screen to users.
Down Detector, which is a platform for users to report server outages across websites and applications, shows a massive spike in problems reported for ChatGPT.
ChatGPT was operational around 7 p.m. before becoming unavailable to users again.
The latest note on OpenAI's status page read, "We are currently experiencing elevated error rates for ChatGPT. We are investigating this issue. We have identified the root cause and are working to implement a fix."
Not impressed by the outage, many users took to social media platform X to share their views. Here are some of the responses:
Everyone right now going to X/twitter to see if #ChatGPTdown pic.twitter.com/llBzR2BNMb
everyone rn going to twitter to see if chatgpt is down #chatgptdown pic.twitter.com/I46L7ywji3
POV: ChatGPT IS DOWN AND IM FORCED TO USE MY BRAIN AGAIN 💀 #ChatGPTdown pic.twitter.com/8XDXungBbW
Me waiting for ChatGPT to comeback online. #chatgptdown pic.twitter.com/uU0c52YkBs
When People are looking for Alternatives #ChatGPTdown #ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/6Adg79LLIW
ChatGPT down. Le whole software engineers right now #ChatGPTdown pic.twitter.com/NT9k5kb2xp
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