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The Independent UK
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Is ChatGPT down? OpenAI confirms outage as chatbot users report problems

ChatGPT OpenAI Downdetector
  • ChatGPT creator OpenAI has confirmed that the popular chatbot is currently experiencing a major outage.
  • Thousands of people have taken to Downdetector to report that the app is not currently working.
  • At 4.45pm BST (11.45am ET) the OpenAI status page said: “Users unable to load ChatGPT, Codex and API Platform. We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Impacted users are currently unable to access ChatGPT, Codex and API Platform.”
  • Last August, ChatGPT got its first major update in years in the form of GPT-5.
  • More to follow.
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