ChatGPT Faces Unprecedented Outage, Affecting 10 Crore Users Worldwide
Mumbai, 8th November 2023: In a significant disruption to the tech landscape, the widely acclaimed AI platform, ChatGPT, experienced a major service outage lasting two hours. Reports indicate that approximately 10 crore users globally were impacted by this unexpected downtime, which commenced on November 7 around 8:30 pm.
OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT, disclosed that the issue not only affected ChatGPT but also extended to other AI services. Users attempting to utilize the platform during this period received a message notifying them that ChatGPT was currently at full capacity.
The root cause of this disruption, leading to heightened error rates in both the API and ChatGPT, has been identified by OpenAI. The organization assured its user base that efforts are underway to implement a fix promptly.
This outage follows a partial disruption the previous night, affecting both ChatGPT and API services for an extended period. OpenAI acknowledged the challenges and inconvenience faced by users and is actively addressing the underlying issues.
Remarkably, this marks the first instance of such a prolonged service disruption for the AI platform. Since its inception, ChatGPT has consistently provided an enhanced user experience, amassing over 10 crore weekly users globally. The platform has also garnered the support of more than 2 million developers who utilize the company’s API services for various applications.
