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ChatGPTthe widely popular one AI chatbot The program, developed by OpenAI, went offline in the US, leaving millions of users stranded and sparking a wave of humor on social media.
The failure According to Downdetector, the issue began around 1:30 p.m. EST, with over 50,000 users reporting issues. At 3:30 p.m., reports continued to pour in, and a simple query to ChatGPT resulted in an “Internal Server Error” message. OpenAI confirmed the outage at 4:05 p.m. and blamed an unknown person Internet service provider and promised to work on a solution.

This is the second outage for ChatGPT this month, following a six-hour power outage just two weeks ago. In June, the AI ​​assistant also experienced technical difficulties that disrupted users for hours.
X reacts: Back to “Using our own brains”
Users on X (formerly Twitter) couldn’t resist making fun of the situation. One quipped: “Back to using my own brain? No thanks.” Another joked: “If ChatGPT isn’t available, who do I ask about my bad views on philosophy?”
Even chatbot competitor Grok, hosted on X, was not spared from the chaos. Some users expressed frustration, while others simply switched platforms to vent their jokes.
“I just want some practice tests,” another user wrote, while others pointed to previous instances where ChatGPT was unavailable. In one case, an angry commenter stated that it took four hours to get the bot up and running again and complained that OpenAI was just doodling in the time it would take OpenAI to fix the current issues.
OpenAI’s balance sheet and the big picture
Despite the hiccups, ChatGPT remains the most popular AI chatbot with over 300 million weekly users According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, more than a billion messages are exchanged every day. Following its $6.6 billion funding round in October, the platform is valued at a whopping $157 billion.