On Thursday, January 23, users around the world encountered a large-scale failure in the operation of ChatGPT. The popular chatbot from OpenAI became temporarily unavailable, and when trying to open the platform or enter a request, the system gives an error — reports IZ.
According to the Downdetector service, problems with access to ChatGPT are recorded not only in Ukraine, but also in many other countries, including Europe and the USA. This indicates the global nature of the failure. Users report difficulties logging in and errors when trying to use the chatbot.
So far, OpenAI has not provided an official explanation for the cause of the failure. It is only known that such outages are usually related to server load or technical platform updates.
When can we expect a restoration?
OpenAI is currently working on a solution to the problem. Users are advised to follow official updates on the OpenAI status website or on the company's social networks. The exact timing of the chatbot's restoration has not yet been announced, but such failures are usually resolved within a few hours.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a chatbot based on generative artificial intelligence created by OpenAI. Launched in 2022, it quickly became one of the most popular tools for communicating with AI. Its ability to answer questions from various industries in plain language has made the service indispensable for many users.