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ChatGPT Fails: Users Left Offline
14 May
Summary
- ChatGPT experienced an outage on Wednesday afternoon.
- Users reported errors and blank pages during the disruption.
- Service was reportedly restored later that afternoon.
On Wednesday afternoon, the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT experienced a widespread outage, causing disruptions for numerous users. The service began failing for some individuals around 4 p.m. PT, with many reporting error messages or blank pages that prevented them from accessing the chatbot's capabilities.
By approximately 4:30 p.m. PT, reports indicated that ChatGPT had returned to normal operation. Data from outage trackers showed a significant spike in user-reported issues beginning around 3 p.m. PT, with the problem primarily affecting major hubs across the United States. ChatGPT services constituted the vast majority of these reports, though the disruption was characterized as medium-level.
