ChatGPT outage affects over 19,000 users, OpenAI restores service quickly
Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, was restored after an outage impacted thousands of users, the company confirmed. OpenAI issued a statement on its website, saying, “Issues with ChatGPT have now been resolved.”
Most users regained access by 4:34 p.m. PT (0034 GMT Saturday), though a small number continued to experience problems until 5 p.m. PT (0100 GMT Saturday). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X (formerly Twitter) to acknowledge the disruption, stating that ChatGPT had been down for 30 minutes.
