I know you would have hit your refresh button as much as 20 times per second, but hey, its not just you. ChatGPT is down for most people, and ‘most’ is we talking a massive worldwide outage for both its web and application users. While some reports have revealed a seeming recovery in some countries, the chatbot has run into issues again, with OpenAI stating that it’s “unavailable for some users”.
A message on ChatGPT’s page currently reads:
“ChatGPT is at capacity right now
Get notified when we’re back
Write a limerick about the status of ChatGPT.
ChatGPT is surely the best
But its servers are put to the test
With so many users chatting
It’s no wonder they’re lagging
But they’ll fix it soon, no need to fret!”
While Nigerians began to notice the downtime at about 4:00pm, according to TechRadar, today’s ChatGPT issues first started at around 2.30am ET / 7.30am BDT / 4.30pm AEST on June 4. OpenAI acknowledged that there was a big issue, with the company’s status page reporting for several hours that its AI sidekick was unavailable.
OpenAI then pushed out a fix at around 7.30am ET / 12.30pm BST / 4.30pm AEST, with the service’s status returning to a healthier “all systems operational”. But it seems the fix hasn’t completely done the job, with many users on social media complaining that they can’t access the service – and OpenAI confirming that there again issues.
OpenAI hasn’t yet commented on exactly what’s causing ChatGPT’s biggest outage of 2024. But we do hope, for all our writing-sakes, that they are back up and running soon.