ChatGPT Restored: OpenAI Fixes Major Outage
Summary
ChatGPT is back online after a major outage on Saturday. Users worldwide were unable to log in or load conversations when the issues began around 5 AM ET. OpenAI's status page confirmed they were "experiencing issues" with "elevated error rates." This outage also impacted APIs and their coding platform, Codex. Reports on DownDetector showed over 3,000 users flagged problems, with 79% of reports specifically for ChatGPT. By just after midday on Saturday, OpenAI announced their systems were "fully operational" again. This means essential AI tools are now accessible once more.
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