ChatGPT Down: Global Outage Hits OpenAI's AI Service

OpenAI's ChatGPT faced a partial outage on Monday. Users globally reported network errors, slow responses, and difficulties with tasks. This disruption primarily affected ChatGPT Work, and initially, Plus users were particularly impacted. Later, OpenAI noted that users across multiple subscription plans might be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work. OpenAI confirmed elevated latency in affected services and is working on a solution. The outage was concentrated on ChatGPT itself, with the company's API and Codex services remaining operational. This distinction is important for businesses using OpenAI products through different channels. This incident follows another disruption in August involving ChatGPT Work and Workspace Agents. As companies increasingly rely on ChatGPT for various tasks, even short interruptions become more significant.