ChatGPT Is Down in a Massive Outage: 'Experiencing Issues ...
OpenAI's ChatGPT is currently experiencing a major outage, impacting thousands of users on Tuesday. According to Down Detector, the issue began early Tuesday and has persisted past noon ET. Users in North America, Europe, and Australia are reportedly affected. OpenAI is aware of the problem, acknowledging "elevated error rates" on ChatGPT and Sora (OpenAI's video generation model) for over nine hours. The company stated on its website that they are making progress in resolving the issues and will provide updates as the situation improves. There have been elevated error rates and latency observed across ChatGPT and the API, with engineers actively working on identifying and fixing the root cause. 
Updates and Recovery Process
OpenAI has identified the ongoing problem and is working diligently to address it. For latest updates and progress, users can refer to their status page. The company previously reported in April that ChatGPT garners 500 million global weekly users. In a significant milestone, OpenAI secured a $40 billion funding round in the same month, valuing the startup at $300 billion, making it the largest private tech deal ever recorded.
Ongoing Developments
This is a developing news story, and OpenAI continues to work on resolving the outage affecting ChatGPT users. Stay tuned for further updates on the situation.
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