OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a widespread global outage on Tuesday, with over 500 users reporting issues in India and more than 900 affected users in the United States, according to Downdetector.
The disruption began peaking shortly after 2:45 PM IST in India, with Downdetector recording over 500 user complaints about accessing the AI chatbot platform. In the United States, similar issues emerged at 2:49 PM IST, affecting more than 900 users.
OpenAI’s Status page acknowledged the ongoing outage, confirming issues with multiple services including ChatGPT, its APIs, and Sora. The company stated:
“Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services (APIs, ChatGPT, and Sora). We are continuing to investigate this issue.”
The San Francisco-based tech company has not provided a timeline for resolution or issued an official statement addressing the cause of the outage. Users across social media platforms have expressed frustration, with many relying on ChatGPT for professional, academic, and personal use.
The outage impacted multiple OpenAI services:
The widespread complaints highlight the growing global dependence on AI chatbot services for daily tasks across professional, educational, and personal use cases. The simultaneous disruption across different regions underscores the scale of ChatGPT’s user base.
OpenAI continues investigating the technical issues causing elevated error rates and latency across its service infrastructure.
