OpenAI’s widely used AI language model, ChatGPT, experienced a significant outage on December 26, 2024, impacting users globally. Several reports from various sources, including Forbes and CBS News, confirm that the platform has been down for an extended period, causing disruptions for those relying on it for customer support, educational purposes, and other applications. Reports indicate that users have faced issues accessing the service both through the web interface and mobile applications. OpenAI has acknowledged the problem through its official status page, where it noted that it is working diligently to rectify the outage. As of the latest update, the company has not provided a specific timeline for when full service will be restored. Industry experts are speculating on the potential causes of the outage, ranging from server overload to technical glitches during updates. ‘Our team is focused on resolving the issue as quickly as possible,’ OpenAI stated. Users are advised to monitor the OpenAI status page for real-time updates. In conjunction with ChatGPT, Sora, another AI service, reportedly faced similar outages, broadening the scope of the issue. The impact of this outage raises questions about the resilience of AI services and the dependencies users have on these technologies in their daily operations.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Faces Significant Outage: Here’s What We Know
