ChatGPT is down for thousands globally: Here's what issues users are facing
ChatGPT experienced a significant global outage affecting users in India, the US, and the UK. OpenAI acknowledged the disruption and worked to restore services, though the specific cause remains undisclosed.
Why it matters
As a critical tool for daily productivity and work-related tasks, widespread downtime highlights the growing dependency on AI infrastructure.
ChatGPT is experiencing downtime affecting thousands of users worldwide. According to Downdetector, several users from around the world have been unable to access the chatbot in India, the US and other markets for some time now. The website tracking platform shows 1,475 reports in India, with 79% related to the web version of ChatGPT, 8% to the app and 7% to the API. In India, most reports came from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad.In the US, there were 3,243 reports at the time of writing, with 80% citing the web version, 8% the app and 8% Codex. Meanwhile, in the UK, there were 3,088 reports, with 80% citing ChatGPT, 9% citing the app, and 8% citing Codex. In the US, reports mostly came from San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
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