ChatGPT Goes Down Leaving Users ‘To Type Their Own Emails’

A major outage hit ChatGPT today, leaving users around the world unable to access OpenAI’s popular chatbot. The disruption affected not only ChatGPT but also related services like APIs and the AI-powered video tool Sora.

According to OpenAI, users were experiencing “elevated error rates and latency.” The company confirmed in a post on X (formerly Twitter) at 10:22 a.m. ET that engineers had identified the root cause and were working swiftly to resolve the issue.

As of early afternoon, OpenAI reported that systems were gradually recovering, though the company continues to “monitor the fix” and push toward full service restoration.

Outage tracking site DownDetector showed the number of reported issues peaking at nearly 2,000 just after 11 a.m. ET, but by 2:30 p.m., that number had dropped to around 500, indicating progress.