ChatGPT down updates — Thousands of Open AI users left furious as website and app hit by major outage

Fixing a ChatGPT network error

Here are the steps to fix a ChatGPT network error:

• Limit the output from ChatGPT by giving it simpler questions, breaking your question into smaller parts or give it a character limit for the answer.
• Using a VPN can help you evade the queue, if your area is experiencing high levels of traffic, by hiding your IP address.
• Check for internet issues, because having an unstable connection on your end can cause a network error.
• Try a different browser.
• Simply try the whole thing again. Waiting for the traffic to die down or server issues to be fixed can often do the trick - with very little effort on your part.

Fixing a ChatGPT network error

Here are the steps to fix a ChatGPT network error:

• Limit the output from ChatGPT by giving it simpler questions, breaking your question into smaller parts or give it a character limit for the answer.
• Using a VPN can help you evade the queue, if your area is experiencing high levels of traffic, by hiding your IP address.
• Check for internet issues, because having an unstable connection on your end can cause a network error.
• Try a different browser.
• Simply try the whole thing again. Waiting for the traffic to die down or server issues to be fixed can often do the trick - with very little effort on your part.

Outage heatmap

This heat map shows where user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours.

It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day.

Downdetector only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.

ChatGPT explained

Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an advanced chatbot that was released in November 2022.

It can generate responses in natural language to prompts in seconds, including writing essays, poems, and complex code.

Most recently, OpenAI released GPT-4, which accepts both image and text inputs to emit text outputs – unlike ChatGPT 3.

This means you can show a photo of something to GPT-4, and the chatbot can describe the scene and even predict what could happen next.

Open AI currently investigating issue

OpenAI have confirmed that they are "investigating" the issue with ChatGPT.

It is not currently known how long the issue will last.

Thousands of users across the globe hit by outage

According to DownDetector, thousands of users across the globe have been hit by issues whilst trying to access ChatGPT.

Over 3,000 customers have reported issues with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.