The popular AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, owned by OpenAI, is currently down for all of the world. There are users all over the globe reporting the inability to access the platform and reporting “Bad Request” type of error messages as well as long loading time issues.
While OpenAI has not yet officially reported this outage, third-party outage tracking services like Downdetector have confirmed a spike in reported outages by users and it is unquestionably a widespread service disruption. This is the second major outage for ChatGPT in a few months, and it has sparked worries about the uptime and stability of this significant AI service.
ChatGPT down all over the world, users affected
The repercussions of such a failure are numerous and affect billions of users worldwide. ChatGPT has various applications in the context of a content creator/student writing an essay in an academic setting and information retrieval, or a programmer looking to get a code to work, or a person in research looking for accurate data, is at this stage available through no web platform.
Having ChatGPT attract more than 300 million active users worldwide and ruling the domain of the AI toolbox, this disruption comes with great repercussions. Companies that have integrated ChatGPT into their business workflows could experience operational blockers as well as the researchers who have to wait their turn as project timelines stretch on.
The symposium also serves to show the critical need for resilient infrastructure and consistent service delivery, particularly for artificial intelligence platforms increasingly integrated into the fabric of everyday life.
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