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CNN
2 days ago
- CNN
ChatGPT was down for some users
Popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing degraded performance after a partial outage on Tuesday, according to parent company OpenAI and the website Downdetector, which tracks outages of major web services. OpenAI said it began investigating issues at 2:36 am on Tuesday, and the problems began to spike around 5:30 am, according to Downdetector's data. In addition to ChatGPT, the company's video generator, Sora, and application programming interface for developers are affected. At its peak, Downdetector received nearly 2,000 error reports on Tuesday morning. The company is 'seeing a recovery' on its developer tools and ChatGPT, but previously said a full recovery across all impacted services could take hours. ChatGPT worked normally in the 11 am ET hour when CNN asked it a question, but as early as Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI's website and Downdetector indicate the service is experiencing problems. On Tuesday morning, OpenAI said it was 'observing elevated error rates and latency across ChatGPT' in a post on X, adding that it's 'identified the root case' and is 'working as fast as possible to fix the issue.' OpenAI pointed CNN to its status page and X post when asked for further information on the issue. The partial outage comes as ChatGPT has become a bigger presence in the office, with Glassdoor reporting that ChatGPT usage in the workplace had doubled within a year. Pew Research reports that 26% of US teens are using ChatGPT for schoolwork, up from 13% in 2023. Some users joked on social media about struggling to answer basic questions and declining productivity during the outage. 'ChatGPT is down…Which means I actually have to type out my own emails at work. Send prayers,' one X post read. Services like Zoom and X have also had high-profile outages this year.


CNN
2 days ago
- CNN
ChatGPT was down for some users
Popular AI chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing degraded performance after a partial outage on Tuesday, according to parent company OpenAI and the website Downdetector, which tracks outages of major web services. OpenAI said it began investigating issues at 2:36 am on Tuesday, and the problems began to spike around 5:30 am, according to Downdetector's data. In addition to ChatGPT, the company's video generator, Sora, and application programming interface for developers are affected. At its peak, Downdetector received nearly 2,000 error reports on Tuesday morning. The company is 'seeing a recovery' on its developer tools and ChatGPT, but previously said a full recovery across all impacted services could take hours. ChatGPT worked normally in the 11 am ET hour when CNN asked it a question, but as early as Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI's website and Downdetector indicate the service is experiencing problems. On Tuesday morning, OpenAI said it was 'observing elevated error rates and latency across ChatGPT' in a post on X, adding that it's 'identified the root case' and is 'working as fast as possible to fix the issue.' OpenAI pointed CNN to its status page and X post when asked for further information on the issue. The partial outage comes as ChatGPT has become a bigger presence in the office, with Glassdoor reporting that ChatGPT usage in the workplace had doubled within a year. Pew Research reports that 26% of US teens are using ChatGPT for schoolwork, up from 13% in 2023. Some users joked on social media about struggling to answer basic questions and declining productivity during the outage. 'ChatGPT is down…Which means I actually have to type out my own emails at work. Send prayers,' one X post read. Services like Zoom and X have also had high-profile outages this year.


CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
ChatGPT users report issues using platform, company dealing with ‘elevated error rates'
A ChapGPT logo is seen on a monitor in West Chester, Pa., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Over 2,000 North American ChatGPT users reported issues accessing the platform late Tuesday morning, according to third-party internet tracker Downdetector. ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI, wrote on its website that it was wading through 'elevated error rates.' More details to come.


The National
3 days ago
- The National
OpenAI's ChatGPT crashes, affecting millions of users worldwide
OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT has crashed, leaving users worldwide struggling to access the platform. More than 1,000 reports had been submitted by users having difficulty accessing ChatGPT by 1.31pm Abu Dhabi time, said Downdetector, which logs website and app crashes. The crash started at 11am, according to the platform. OpenAI has acknowledged the issue on its status page, stating: 'Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services.' It added that both ChatGPT and its image generation AI tool, Sora, are down. 'We are continuing to investigate the issue for the listed services,' the tech giant added. Users reported error messages on X stating 'something went wrong' and that they are stuck on the 'searching the web' command. Every week, more than a hundred million people use ChatGPT, according to 2024 figures.