ChatGPT experienced significant disruptions on Thursday afternoon, preventing many users from accessing the service. OpenAI acknowledged that its AI application was facing glitches that impacted user performance, leading to frustration for those trying to engage with the platform.
Glitches in ChatGPT?
Users in the US reported technical outages, with over 100 individuals citing issues related to ChatGPT, as noted by Downdetector, a website that monitors the real-time status of various services.
Following the emergence of these technical problems, OpenAI posted a status update on their website, stating, “ChatGPT, the API, and Sora are currently experiencing high error rates. The issue is caused by an upstream provider, and we are currently monitoring,” shortly after 1:30 pm ET, as reported by CBS.
This incident is not the first instance of technical outages affecting the AI platform. Earlier this month, users faced glitches that persisted for about three hours. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the situation on X, saying, “We back,” at 9:13 AM today, and humorously added, “I was about to offer to start being the mechanical turk for ChatGPT,” as reported by TimesNow.
Netizens expressed their frustrations
One user wrote on X, “Sat down to study opened iPad and chatgpt is down. I refuse to google like a caveman.”
Another user commented, “ChatGPT down so now I gotta use my own brain like this is the fucking 1700s.”
A third user lamented, “ChatGPT is down and I’m forced to use my own brain.”
