OpenAI is scrambling to restore services Wednesday. The artificial intelligence pioneer reported “elevated error rates” across its flagship ChatGPT platform for the second consecutive day, following similar technical failures during Tuesday’s session.
Is ChatGPT down?
User reports flooded digital monitors. Incident reports on DownDetector.com surged past 15,000 as of 12:30 p.m. ET, with thousands of users encountering “403” errors and failing conversation threads during the afternoon cycle.
The technical breakdown appears widespread. Data indicates that 95% of users are experiencing total ChatGPT failures, while 3% reported mobile app glitches. Another 2% are currently locked out of the system due to login errors.
Official Statement and When will ChatGPT be back up?
“We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services,” OpenAI stated in an official status update at 12:40 p.m. ET. The company confirmed it is currently “working on implementing a mitigation” to stabilize the system.
Specific functions are paralyzed. The company’s status page noted that custom GPT updates are failing for the majority of users. No definitive timeline for a full restoration has been provided as the investigation continues into the afternoon.
Reliability concerns are mounting for the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT)-backed firm. These back-to-back outages are raising questions about infrastructure stability as OpenAI faces increasing competition from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Anthropic.
