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ChatGPT Down: Workers Stuck, Say Have ‘Forgotten' To Work Without AI. ‘Big Update On Cards?'
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Users found that ChatGPT wasn't responding to their queries and instead showed an error message.
ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot by OpenAI, went down for thousands of users across the globe on Tuesday, June 10. Many found themselves unable to access its services due to sudden outages. While the website itself was still opening, users found that the chatbot wasn't responding to their queries and instead showed an error message. The issue didn't just affect ChatGPT, it also impacted Sora, OpenAI's text-to-video platform.
OpenAI acknowledged the problem on its official status page, saying, 'Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed service. We are continuing to investigate this issue." But, the company has not yet explained the reason behind the sudden disruption. 'We are continuing to investigate the issue for the listed services," OpenAI added.
According to DownDetector, which tracks real-time online outages, the issues began around 2:45 PM IST. At its peak, more than a thousand complaints were recorded from different parts of the world. The majority of these complaints were related to ChatGPT service failures at 93 per cent, followed by 7 per cent for the OpenAI app and 1 per cent who had trouble logging in.
The number of complaints peaked at 3:02 PM IST with reports mostly coming from North America, Europe and India.
As expected, the outage triggered a wave of reactions online. Users took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their frustrations, jokes and confusion about the outage. Many posted screenshots of error messages while others joked about being lost without AI assistance.
Another joked, 'ChatGPT is down. Productivity is gone LOL. I forgot how to work without AI."
A person shared a screenshot of a random query they were asking the chatbot and wrote, 'Y'all, I was using ChatGPT for this stupid question, but apparently, it's down. Switching to Google now."
Y'all, i was using ChatGPT for this stupid question, but apparently it's down 😭Switching to google now.
— avi (@apurvableh) June 10, 2025
'Is ChatGPT down? Bro, I was documenting and discussing with him something really important," someone else said.
is chatgpt down? bro i was documenting and discussing with him something really imp 🙂— Anjany (@AnjanyJais67401) June 10, 2025
'So, how many people were asking ChatGPT the most existential questions, and then the whole system crashed? Maybe we all asked the same question, and the system did not want to reply. What do you think?" read another comment.
So, how many people were asking ChatGPT the most existential questions, and then the whole system crashed? Maybe we all asked the same question, and the system did not want to reply. What do you think? #ChatGPTdown — Paul Baraka (@pbaraka) June 10, 2025
Take a look at some of the other humour-filled reactions:
Me when Chat GPT is down:😔😣 #ChatGPTdown #OpenAI — Tax Deliver®️ (@TaxDeliver) June 10, 2025
Having to think for myself now that #ChatGPT is down. #ChatGPTdown — Mike (@Bootfit) June 10, 2025
everyone running to twitter to check if chatgpt is down for anyone else #chatgpt #chatgptdown #openai — cj is gnarly 🔪 (@chuubeenlying) April 2, 2025
This outage comes just a couple of months after a similar incident in early April. At that time, many users linked the crash to the sudden popularity of a Studio Ghibli-style image generation feature. There was a major spike in usage on April 2 which led to widespread disruptions.
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