ChatGPT DOWN as hundreds of users hit by error messages due to mysterious OpenAI outage

CHATGPT appears to be suffering from a mysterious outage leaving frustrated users with random error messages.

A surge in reports was picked up by Down Detector, with more than 750 complaints in the UK and almost 500 in the US.

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The service has been down since about 9am UK timeCredit: Getty

It’s not clear whether the problems are widespread or limited to some users.

The error message reads: “A network error occurred.

“Please check your connection and try again. If this issue persists please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com.”

Meanwhile, others have reported a reply that says: “Hmm.. something seems to have gone wrong.”

People have taken to social media to try to find out what’s going on with the popular platform, which is thought to have some 400million weekly users.

“ChatGPT, my work buddy, is down again,” one person fumed on X.

“Apparently Chatgpt is down globally. I thought my internet was glitching,” another commented.

ChatGPT owner OpenAI has spoken out about the issue, saying it is investigating.

Problems appear to have started at 9am BST.

“Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services,” the firm’s service status page says.

“We are investigating.”

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