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It’s one of the most popular AI tools on the web with around 13 million users per day.
But ChatGPT has been hit with a major outage this morning, users unable to access the app or website.
According to DownDetector, hundreds of people globally have been affected since 8am BST.
OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has acknowledged the outage with a statement saying: ‘We are currently investigating this issue.’
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Down Detector gets network status updates from various sources including social media and reports submitted to its website.
According to the site, 79 per cent of those affected said they had problems with ChatGPT generally, while others were more specific – 15 per cent said they had trouble with the app and 6 per cent with the website.
People took to X (Twitter) to share their frustration at having to ‘think for themselves’ in the absence of the AI tool.
One person posted: ‘i’ve reached a new low, chatgpt is down and i came running to twitter to check if it really was the way it impacts my life so much is nuts.’
Another said: ‘ChatGPT is down! How dare they force me to think for myself!!!’
On OpenAI’s official ChatGPT status page, the firm said: ‘ChatGPT is unavailable for some users.’
It continued: ‘We are currently investigating this issue.’
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