ChatGPT Down: Global Outage Hits OpenAI's AI Platform

ChatGPT experienced a global outage on Saturday, July 25, after a major glitch. Users worldwide reported problems logging in or loading chats on the leading AI platform. The outage began around 5 a.m. ET. OpenAI acknowledged "elevated error rates" and stated they were applying mitigation measures. The issues also affected OpenAI's APIs and its coding platform, Codex. Over 3,000 users reported problems on DownDetector, with 79% of reports linked to ChatGPT itself. OpenAI's status page later indicated the AI tool was "fully operational" again just after midday on Saturday. This global outage follows other temporary access issues for ChatGPT users in recent weeks. This matters because it highlights the ongoing reliability challenges even for widely used AI services.