OpenAI’s popular AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently unavailable for many users. When attempting to access the chatbot, most are greeted with the message “ChatGPT is currently unavailable.” The outage has caused widespread disruption, and people have gone to X to express their frustration. Some have used memes to show their reaction to the situation.

What did social media say?

“I am so addicted to ChatGPT. I’m doomed because it’s down,” one X user wrote. Another added: “ChatGPT is down and I don’t know what to do with my life.”

A third agreed: “I’ve never felt life hit like this!” A fourth commented: “Is this some kind of relay? We were without WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram all day. Then they came back and now we’re without ChatGPT? This is a joke.” The person referred to the incident in which Meta-owned platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for thousands of users worldwide.

Check out some more memes that made people laugh:

If you need to study for exams and rely on ChatGPT, then you can relate to this meme more than anyone else.

Where do you go when you need to check if ChatGPT is down? On social media they say: “It’s X”.

Are you working on a tight deadline since ChatGPT is down? Here’s a meme you can relate to.

A desperate student’s request?

ChatGPT confirms the outage

On social media, OpenAI identified an ongoing issue with its chatbot. “We are currently experiencing an outage. We have identified the issue and are working to introduce a solution. We’re sorry and we’ll keep you updated,” the company wrote in an X post.

Alternatives to ChatGPT

If you are currently facing the inconvenience of OpenAI’s chatbot being unavailable, don’t worry! There are some alternatives you can use. Consider exploring Gemini, Claude AI, Microsoft Copilot, Jasper AI, Rytr, or Google’s Perplexity AI. These AI-powered tools offer a range of features, from generating creative text formats to providing factual information.