ChatGPT down updates — OpenAI users say app not working as platform hit by global service outage

THOUSANDS of ChatGPT users are reporting issues with the OpenAI platform today for the second time this week.

Over 3,000 users in the US claimed the high-tech AI bot was "broken", according to Downdetector.

Another 900 users in the UK claimed they were suffering from similar issues, including "failing to get service status."

OpenAI said: "Some users are experiencing issues loading conversation history and creating new conversations. We have identified the issue and are working on a remediation."

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OpenAI has now confirmed that they are limiting the number of users that can login to ChatGPT following today's outage.

OpenAI said in their latest update to users: "At this time we are limiting the number of users who can log into ChatGPT.

"We are continuing to remediate the ongoing issue."

There are two types of chatbots, and only one of them needs AI to function.

AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are able to learn and use past interactions to inform new decisions.

Each new input into an AI chatbot, including OpenAI’s model, uses each new request to do things better in the future.

It is a lot more advanced than the other type of chatbot, which is strictly rule-based.

Rule-based chatbots have only a set number of answerable questions, as its answers are essentially defined in advanced.

This means a developer has programmed the machine to give response A to question A.

It cannot deviate from that pattern, and unlike an AI-based chatbot, cannot learn or develop on its own.

OpenAI has provided users with the following update.

Reports of issues on DownDetector have started to drop off in the UK and the US.

OpenAI have not yet confirmed whether the issue has been resolved.

The web’s favourite AI bot can talk to users like a human.

This means it can write poems, give baking advice, solve complicated puzzles and so much more.

But an increasing number of tech developers and engineers have been using the AI bot as their very own virtual assistant.

While some fear that AI could soon make them redundant, there are a number of jobs that many won’t trust AI to fulfil.

While incredibly intelligent – due in part to the machine being able to digest vast amounts of data not possible by a human mind – AI is created by humans, which means human error remains one of its weaknesses.

In technical terms, ChatGPT is a language model that can produce text.

What does that actually mean? It’s effectively an artificial intelligence system that can create human-like text.

You can feed it a prompt, and it will create a chunk of text that continues on.

And if it works correctly, it will read in natural language as though it was written by a human.

It’s based on the GPT 3.5 model created by an AI research lab in San Francisco called Open AI.

Over 92% of issues with OpenAI are related to ChatGPT.

Another 7% of the issues are to do with the website.

Thousands of US users have reported issues with OpenAI.

Many complaints are in relation to conversations being unable to load on ChatGPT.

OpenAI has confirmed that an issue has been identified with ChatGPT.

The statement reads: "Some users are experiencing issues loading conversation history and creating new conversations. We have identified the issue and are working on a remediation."

This heat map shows where user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours.

It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day.

Downdetector only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.

ChatGPT was hit by an outage on Tuesday causing chaos for thousands of users.

The issue was quickly resolved after the company implemented a fix.

ChatGPT has gone down for the second time this week leaving thousands furious.

According to DownDetector, nearly 600 UK users have reported issues with the AI site.

There are two types of chatbots, and only one of them needs AI to function.

AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are able to learn and use past interactions to inform new decisions.

Each new input into an AI chatbot, including OpenAI’s model, uses each new request to do things better in the future.

It is a lot more advanced than the other type of chatbot, which is strictly rule-based.

Rule-based chatbots have only a set number of answerable questions, as its answers are essentially defined in advanced.

This means a developer has programmed the machine to give response A to question A.

It cannot deviate from that pattern, and unlike an AI-based chatbot, cannot learn or develop on its own.

ChatGPT is free to use currently, as it is in its initial research period.

But it may end up costing users down the line.

First, you'll first need to make an Open AI account.

You'll be able to do that when you navigate to the official ChatGPT website.

However, you can pay for more advanced features.

ChatGPT is free to use currently, as it is in its initial research period.

But it may end up costing users down the line.

First, you'll first need to make an Open AI account.

You'll be able to do that when you navigate to the official ChatGPT website.

However, you can pay for more advanced features.

Following ChatGPT claiming to have implemented a fix to the current issue, reports of problems have been dropping on DownDetector in the UK and the US.

After identifying the issue, ChatGPT has now implemented a fix.

ChatGPT has claimed the "service is recovering for web & mobile".

The ongoing issue is currently being monitored.

Over 89% of issues with OpenAI are related to ChatGPT.

Another 8% of the issues are to do with the website.

ChatGPT have identified the issue and the cause.

They are currently working to fix the issue.

This heat map shows where user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours.

It is common for some problems to be reported throughout the day.

Downdetector only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.

The web's favourite AI bot can talk to users like a human.

This means it can write poems, give baking advice, solve complicated puzzles and so much more.

But an increasing number of tech developers and engineers have been using the AI bot as their very own virtual assistant.

While some fear that AI could soon make them redundant, there are a number of jobs that many won’t trust AI to fulfil.

While incredibly intelligent – due in part to the machine being able to digest vast amounts of data not possible by a human mind – AI is created by humans, which means human error remains one of its weaknesses.

In technical terms, ChatGPT is a language model that can produce text.

What does that actually mean? It's effectively an artificial intelligence system that can create human-like text.

You can feed it a prompt, and it will create a chunk of text that continues on.

And if it works correctly, it will read in natural language as though it was written by a human.

It's based on the GPT 3.5 model created by an AI research lab in San Francisco called Open AI.

Some users in Downdetector's comments said they were having trouble generating content via ChatGPT.

Others merely shared their frustration with the popular advanced chatbot being down.

"I hope they hurry and fix this.. I've been using it for business purposes lol", one exclaimed.

CHATGPT and its parent company OpenAI appear to have suffered an outage.

Over 3,500 users in the US claimed the high-tech AI bot was "broken", according to Downdetector.

Another 800 users in the UK claimed they were suffering from similar issues, including "failing to get service status."

Over 3,000 users globally have reported an outage to OpenAi's ChatGPT platform.

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