'My Productivity Is At Zero': Meme Frenzy On Social Media As ChatGPT Goes Down Globally

ChatGPT Down: OpenAI’s widely used AI chatbot- ChatGPT- experienced a global outage, bringing tasks to a grinding halt for users. The disruption, which has persisted for several hours, saw reports of service failures steadily increasing across multiple countries.

The outage became a trending topic on social media as frustrated users found humour in their predicament. X (formerly Twitter) was flooded with memes and witty remarks with one user saying, “Is chatgpt down? My productivity just dropped to zero!"

Another joked, “ChatGPT is down? Guess I’ll start talking to real people again" while a third joked, “Is ChatGPT down How am I supposed to do things".

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A user also commented, “ChatGPT is down how will I answer if someone asks me my name."

ChatGPT Down: Global Reports Surge As Users Face Network Errors

Outage tracking site Down Detector showed a significant spike in reported problems. India alone accounted for over 600 complaints, while nearly 500 reports originated from the United States and more than 1,000 users in the United Kingdom experienced issues. Most reports indicated users were either unable to access the platform entirely or were repeatedly met with network errors.

Those attempting to access ChatGPT during the downtime saw a message that read: “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."

ChatGPT Outage: What OpenAI Said 

OpenAI officially acknowledged the disruption on its system status page, stating, “Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across listed services. We are investigating." As of late Tuesday afternoon, users were eagerly awaiting a full restoration of services.