ChatGPT is down: Popular AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT is offline due to technical issues, impacting millions of users around the world. The outage also affected OpenAI’s API and other services, causing widespread disruption.

According to Downdetector, a service that tracks outages, there has been a significant spike in complaints about ChatGPT being offline, with over 1,000 reports filed. Users have taken to social media to express their frustration and confusion, reporting slow login processes and poor performance.
“chatgpt please fix it. Our history is in your hands. Take our history back,” one user wrote on Downdetector.
User X expressed concern, writing, “My second brain stopped working! ChatGPT is down! #chatgptdown.”
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The outage affected not only individual users but also companies that rely on OpenAI’s APIs for their projects. Many businesses have reported service disruptions, highlighting the far-reaching impact of the outages.
This is the third time since December that ChatGPT has faced a major outage. The AI platform went down twice in December due to technical failures.
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As outages continue, users are forced to wait for resolutions, highlighting the importance of reliable technology infrastructure.
Elon Musk targets Sam Altman
Earlier Thursday, Elon Musk clashed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump. The latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires began on OpenAI’s board of directors and is now testing Mr. Musk’s influence over the new president. .
President Trump on Tuesday was discussing a joint venture that could invest up to $500 billion through a new partnership created by OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, with Oracle and SoftBank.
As a new organization, Stargate has already begun construction of the data centers and power generation needed to further develop its rapidly evolving AI technology.
President Trump declared it a “resounding declaration of confidence in America’s potential” under the new administration, with initial private investment of $100 billion, which could reach five times that amount.
But Musk, a Trump ally who helped fund his campaign and is now leading the government’s cost-cutting program, questioned the value of the investment hours later.
“They don’t actually have the funds,” Musk wrote on his social platform X. “SoftBank has secured far less than $10 billion in funding. I have it on good authority.”