What's causing ChatGPT outages?
On Tuesday, a significant number of users from various locations experienced disruptions and issues with the AI Assistant ChatGPT, as per reports on Downdetector. The reported outages surged to over 1,100 around 4:30 a.m. CT and further escalated to more than 1,300 by 7:30 a.m. NBC 5 offers free streaming 24/7, accessible from anywhere.
Wide Range of Outages
Shortly thereafter, the number of outages climbed to 1,404, with the most affected areas seeming to be on the east coast, including cities like Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Tampa. There were also reports of outages in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, and Minneapolis as indicated on the map available on Downdetector's site.
User Complaints
Users who visited Downdetector's website shared encountering messages like "bad gateway" while using the ChatGPT app or website. Additionally, some users noted experiencing extended loading times while trying to access the service.
OpenAI's Response
On the same day at 9:22 a.m., OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT, publicly acknowledged the outages. They mentioned observing "elevated error rates and latency across ChatGPT and the API" and assured users that their engineering team had identified the root cause and was actively working to resolve the issue promptly. According to updates on the OpenAI platform, the outages had persisted for up to eight hours.
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