OpenAI's ChatGPT is experiencing a widespread outage, with thousands of users worldwide reporting they cannot access the popular AI chatbot.
According to Yahoo Finance UK, OpenAI said it was "experiencing issues," with some users unable to log in. Reporting on MSN echoed that OpenAI has confirmed the outage, noting that many affected users cannot log in, send prompts, or view their chat history.
The disruption appears to be global. Another MSN report says thousands of reports point to widespread access problems, with users in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom among those affected.
The sources do not specify what caused the outage, exactly how many people are affected beyond "thousands," or when full service will be restored. OpenAI's acknowledgement that it is "experiencing issues" is, per the reporting, the extent of the company's public confirmation so far.
Why it matters: ChatGPT has become a daily tool for millions of people who use it for work, study, and everyday tasks, so even a temporary outage is a reminder of how quickly reliance on a single AI service can leave large numbers of users stranded when it goes down.