OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is back online five hours after a global outage. About X, OpenAI wrote: “ChatGPT, API and Sora were offline today, but we have recovered.”
This came after the chatbot suffered significant outages, leaving millions of users around the world unable to access it. OpenAI had taken to social media and said: “We are currently experiencing an outage. We have identified the problem and are working on a solution. Sorry, we will keep you informed!” Social media was filled with a wide range of reactions, from jokes to jokes and humor to irritation.
Last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had apologized to X after ChatGPT went down for 30 minutes. According to outage tracking website Downdetector, more than 19,000 people were affected by the chatbot's unavailability. In a post on
Apple adds ChatGPT in the latest update
Earlier on Wednesday, tech giant Apple introduced major updates to its artificial intelligence offering, which integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into its own applications, including Siri, on the iPhone. In a notable shift for the privacy-focused company, Apple is partnering with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its Writing Tools and Siri virtual assistant, giving users of the latest iPhone or iPad access to the AI chatbot without leaving Apple's ecosystem .
Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook are experiencing a global outage
This ChatGPT outage came just a day after Meta's flagship platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook) suffered widespread outages. Meta also acknowledged the issues and addressed them on its official X account: “We are aware that a technical issue is affecting some users' access to our apps. We are doing our best to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
