Fri Dec 27 02:30:00 UTC 2024: ## ChatGPT Suffers Major Outage, Leaving Users Frustrated

**New York, NY** – Popular AI chatbot ChatGPT experienced a significant service disruption on Thursday afternoon, leaving numerous users unable to access the platform. OpenAI, the company behind the AI, confirmed the outage, attributing it to issues with an “upstream provider.” The disruption, which affected users primarily in the US, lasted for several hours.

Downdetector, a website tracking website outages, reported a surge in user complaints regarding ChatGPT’s functionality. OpenAI acknowledged the high error rates on its website, posting a status update confirming the problem and assuring users that the situation was being monitored.

This marks the second major outage for ChatGPT this month. Earlier in December, a three-hour outage prompted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to address the issue on X (formerly Twitter), jokingly offering to personally handle user requests.

The outage sparked a wave of frustrated reactions on social media, with users expressing their dependence on the AI tool and lamenting a return to “caveman-like” Google searches or the need to rely on their own cognitive abilities. The incident highlights the growing reliance on AI tools and the disruption caused when such services become unavailable.

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