ChatGPT Down: OpenAI Confirms Outage & Recovery Efforts

ChatGPT users experienced widespread access problems on Thursday. Many reported 404 errors and failed responses. OpenAI confirmed elevated errors affecting both ChatGPT and Codex. This disruption impacted several features, including conversations, logins, and image generation. Users saw messages like "404 Not Found" and "Unknown error." What's interesting is that other leading AI services, including Grok, Claude, Google's Gemini, and Microsoft's Copilot, also reported issues around the same time. OpenAI's status page now indicates its systems are fully operational. However, some users might still encounter isolated problems as services continue to recover. This matters because many rely on these AI tools for daily tasks.