ChatGPT users worldwide reported issues accessing the OpenAI chatbot late Wednesday. OpenAI acknowledged the problem and stated it was investigating. The outage, which began around 8:30 p.m. EST, affected users in various regions, including Japan and Australia. OpenAI reported a partial recovery around 9:00 p.m. EST and confirmed full system restoration before 12:00 a.m. EST. This outage follows a similar incident in December attributed to an upstream provider issue.
ChatGPT users around the globe were reportedly experiencing issues with the OpenAI chatbot late Wednesday. According to Down Detector, users began reporting problems at OpenAI around 8:30 p.m. The San Francisco-based company said it was investigating the issues as users from Japan to Australia were reporting issues.
Around 15 minutes later, the company said it was "starting to see recovery in API and Sora," adding: "We are continuing to investigate this issue." PERPLEXITY AI BIDS ON TIKTOK, CEO SAYS IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR TRUMP The issue appeared to be resolved just before 12 a.m. EST. A company spokesperson told FOX Business after midnight: "All systems are currently operational." OpenAI responded to a major outage on ChatGPT and other applications in late December. The company said the issue had been caused by an upstream provider, which is a company that connects to a local internet service provider’s network to the internet. TRUMP'S AI CZAR FLAGS REPORT QUESTIONING DEEPSEEK'S COST OF DEVELOPING AI MODELS Wednesday night’s outage comes a day after the company said it was rolling out an education-specific version of its chatbot to around 500,000 students and faculty at California State University as it looks to expand its user base in the academic sector and counter competition from rivals like Google’s Alphabet. CLICK HERE TO GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO Reuters contributed to this report.
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