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ChatGPT down: OpenAI chatbot not working as website and app fail to load

The ChatGPT app and website displayed on 20 February, 2025 - (AFP/Getty)

ChatGPT has stopped working properly, its creators OpenAI have said.

Users were reporting “elevated errors” for the chatbot, the company said in an update.

But the service did not appear to be down entirely, with some users able to use it as normal.

Shortly after the outage began, OpenAI said that it had identified the problem and had implemented a fix. Affected users should be able to log on soon if they cannot already, the company suggested.

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