OpenAI ChatGPT down! Users around the world unable to login and chat

OpenAI is suffering an outage as thousands of users are reporting problems with the platform. Downdetector, a site that tracks online service outages is showing a spike in reports. So far, over a 1,200 users have reported the issue. 

Users on Twitter have also come forward sharing the information about ChatGPT outage. So far, there is no official statement from OpenAI about any causes. There's no confirmation if the outage is also affecting ChatGPT Plus users. 

The ChatGPT Plus uses GPT-4 large language model. Whereas the standard, free version of ChatGPT is available with the GPT-3.5 version. The GPT-4 model was introduced early last week.

Also read: Can ChatGPT, GPT-4 be shut down with one switch? OpenAI founder Sam Altman reveals details 

Here are some tweets from users unable to use ChatGPT: 

ChatGPT is down! How can I study? 😒

— Ramin2 🇦🇺 (@Ramin2) March 20, 2023

ChatGPT is down an I feel completely helpless with the amount of work I have to do. pic.twitter.com/SfyN0XHR7D

— Geek so Crypto (@geeksocrypto) March 20, 2023

#chatgpt down... just as tons of softwares added the AI to theirs.

Relying on third party softwares to enhance your own software will always be very risky.

— Ajay Sharma (@moneymagnetAJ) March 20, 2023

According to OpenAI's Operational Status page, Chat.openAI.com is showing a major outage of 24 minutes. The chart shows that it is in the 'major outage' category.