ChatGPT, the world's busiest chatbot, has been shut down, but developers are silent, he wrote World economy. The developer, OpenAI, has not yet commented on the case. According to feedback
Already on Monday, the AI was thinking about answers longer than expected, and then on Tuesday it became completely unavailable.
At first, he couldn't fulfill requests for photos, and then he wouldn't upload them anymore. It was only known through the monitoring page of chatbot developer OpenAI that they are working on a fix for the issue. From the post we can conclude that the developers probably already know the cause of the problem, but they did not inform their users about it, and it did not appear on any of the company's social media platforms for a long time.
It got better and then it broke again
On Tuesday afternoon, the company only announced on its website that the problem had been resolved.
Meanwhile, soon after, users again reported that the program was not working.
the Tech Radar He also wrote that ChatGPT “definitely doesn't work” in the web browser. In addition, it was noted that compared to the previous one, it has started sending new error messages to users.
Previously, there was an “internal server error,” but now we are experiencing “exceptionally high traffic.” That alone says nothing, but we're eagerly awaiting OpenAI's explanation for the extended outage now
– they wrote, also noting that during the previous outage in November 2023, OpenAI communicated about the issue more clearly than it does now (they then pointed to a possible DDoS attack).
Finally, the technical portal drew attention to the fact that not only ChatGPT, but also some of its competitors had problems on Tuesday, although not to the same extent as OpenAI. As written, users of
Meanwhile, ChatGPT on the side The latest thing the developers wrote is that the issue has been resolved, but some users are still unable to access the site. They were told that a comprehensive update might be needed, and the process was also detailed.
Maybe it has actually gotten better since then – and they wondered why it stopped
TechRadar later reported in another post that they were able to access ChatGPT and immediately asked why Tuesday was closed.
The program responded that it could not provide information about current events, but that service could generally be interrupted due to “maintenance, updates, or technical issues.”
What could be in the background?
It may be due to a server failure, but the possibility of a cyberattack against ChatGPT cannot be ruled out. In fact, there has been speculation on social media that the chatbot is getting a major unannounced update.
According to Világgazdaság, the chance of the latter happening is minimal, because the developer – despite the previously promised changes – is supposed to activate it at a pre-planned time, so that users know the reason for the unavailability of the service and, moreover, an unannounced update. It will not bring additional profit to the company.
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