ChatGPT down updates — Thousands of Open AI users left furious ...
THOUSANDS of ChatGPT customers have been left furious across the globe this morning after the website and app was hit by a major outage. According to DownDetector, over 3,000 users globally have been affected by the issues. Taking to X, one user moaned: "Hey Chatgpt - wasn't expecting you to be down when I chose you. Make it quick." OpenAI has confirmed there are ongoing issues and have released a statement saying: "We are currently investigating this issue."
Latest News and Updates
Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an advanced chatbot that was released in November 2022. It can generate responses in natural language to prompts in seconds, including writing essays, poems, and complex code. Most recently, OpenAI released GPT-4, which accepts both image and text inputs to emit text outputs – unlike ChatGPT 3. This means you can show a photo of something to GPT-4, and the chatbot can describe the scene and even predict what could happen next.
Current Outage Details
Reports of an outage at OpenAI are on the rise again. This outage seems to be affecting both the UK and US, as per Downdetector. OpenAI users are complaining about the outage on Downdetector. "Site comes up, no chats are working," one ChatGPT user wrote. "Why do I even bother paying for the highest tier if it just goes down when I need to use it," another complained. "I think I'm gonna downgrade to the free plan until this gets fixed. I can just use Bing AI for free anyways so what's the point." More OpenAI users are reporting issues with the website and app after this morning's outage. Over 3,300 people are reporting problems with the site, per Downdetector.
A fix has now been implemented following this morning’s earlier outage. OpenAI has confirmed that ChatGPT is continuing to work on a fix for the current issue. Reports on DownDetector are gradually dropping.
AI Chatbot Scams
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Fixing ChatGPT Network Errors
Here are the steps to fix a ChatGPT network error: This heat map shows where user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours. Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an advanced chatbot that was released in November 2022. It can generate responses in natural language to prompts in seconds, including writing essays, poems, and complex code. Most recently, OpenAI released GPT-4, which accepts both image and text inputs to emit text outputs – unlike ChatGPT 3.
Conclusion
OpenAI have confirmed that they are "investigating" the issue with ChatGPT. It is not currently known how long the issue will last. According to DownDetector, thousands of users across the globe have been hit by issues whilst trying to access ChatGPT. Over 3,000 customers have reported issues with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
