ChatGPT down? Users flock to X with memes, reactions on OpenAI’s chatbot: ‘Forced me to think for myself’

According to Downdetector, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been facing outages since 12 PM IST. OpenAI said that they are working to fix the issue.

OpenAI’s popular AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently inaccessible for many users. While some cannot access the website, others cannot generate responses. A few who can access the website say that the enter button is unresponsive.

ChatGPT is down for many users. (AP)

According to Downdetector, a real-time problem and outage monitoring platform, users began experiencing issues with ChatGPT around 12 PM IST. The maximum outages were reported half an hour later.

Around 81 per cent of people said that they are facing issues with ChatGPT, 14 per cent with the website, and 5 per cent with the app.

As ChatGPT is down, netizens are flocking to X (formerly Twitter) to check if it is not working just for them or other users. Many have even encashed the opportunity and shared memes. Some who rely heavily on ChatGPT have shared concerns about how they will work.

Check out a few responses here:

This X user is worried about what will happen if ChatGPT never restores.

This X user posted a hilarious video of people “reacting” after experiencing issues with ChatGPT.

“What am I gonna do,” asks a ChatGPT user after learning that it is down.

“How dare they force me to think for myself!” wrote this X user.

Here’s what this user posted:

For this X user, ChatGPT is neither responding on the phone nor on the desktop.

This individual shared how “everyone is running to X” to confirm if the chatbot is down.

“How am I supposed to work without it?” asked yet another individual.

OpenAI’s status page also says that ChatGPT is unavailable for some users. At 12:51 PM IST, OpenAI said that they were investigating the issue. Almost an hour later, at 2:02 PM IST, the company said that they have identified the issue and are mitigating it. Half an hour later, the company in yet another update informed the users that they are still working to fix the issue.