ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot, is back online after a global outage left millions of users unable to access its services on Thursday. The outage, which began just before 7:00 p.m. ET (5:30 a.m. IST), affected not only ChatGPT, but also OpenAI’s API and Sora services. According to OpenAI, services were restored around 8 am IST.
Users who tried to log in during the outage received the message “ChatGPT is currently unavailable.” OpenAI posted updates on In the morning, the platform confirmed that services were back to normal.
An outage triggers frustration and memes
The downtime affected both free and paid users and caused widespread frustration. Many users took to social media to express their inconvenience, with some sharing memes about the disruption. “ChatGPT is down. Now I have to google like a caveman,” one user joked. Another wrote: “Many students will not be able to write their essays now.”
Consecutive disturbances
The disruption came after meta-platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook suffered outages affecting thousands of users worldwide on Wednesday, leaving millions of social media users in distress.
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