ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence-powered bot, had been experiencing outages early on Thursday morning, according to tech giant OpenAI.
Attempts to log into the site were met with error messages before dawn on Thursday Eastern Standard Time.
OpenAI’s status page indicated that it has received several reports of “elevated error rates” affecting ChatGPT as well as API, the company’s cloud-based interface that lets developers access the firm’s advanced AI models.
“We are currently experiencing elevated error rates in the API. We are currently investigating,” OpenAI wrote in a status message that was posted just before 4:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday.
Just over half an hour later, OpenAI wrote: “A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.”
At 4:43 a.m. Pacific Time, OpenAI wrote: “This issue has now been resolved. Between 3:33 AM and 4:23 AM PST, customers experienced elevated error rates on ChatGPT and the API.”
The Post has sought comment from OpenAI.
ChatGPT, which was launched in November 2022, is an advanced AI chatbot that enables natural language interactions.
It quickly became the fastest-growing consumer software, reaching 100 million users in two months and now handles over 1 billion messages daily with 300 million weekly active users.
The bot is widely used across various industries, including education, where 26% of teens used it for their homework assignments in 2024.
Despite its success, it faces challenges like accuracy concerns and competition from other AI models.
