Is ChatGPT down: Here's the answer

ChatGPT faced service issues on Tuesday and Wednesday during a week full of challenges, including accusations of copying Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson.

Is Chat GPT down

Users of both the free version and the paid ChatGPT Plus experienced problems; the service couldn't start new chats or let users access old ones.

The issues affected both the ChatGPT web interface and mobile apps.

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The company acknowledged the problems on the OpenAI service status page, posting the following at just after 7 a.m. PDT: "We're experiencing an elevated level of errors affecting ChatGPT and are currently looking into the issue."

About an hour later, the company claimed to have fixed the problem. "Between 6:34 AM PT and 8:40 AM PT today, we experienced a service disruption affecting ChatGPT users, resulting in higher-than-usual error rates and delays. Our team identified and addressed the issue by increasing system capacity. All services are now operating normally. This incident is now resolved."

ChatGPT down again

This is the second time in two days the service has faced disruption. On Tuesday, the site experienced a major outage for nine minutes and a partial outage for almost an hour, according to the service status page.