Students Cries Out In Terror Following The ChatGPT Outage

https://www.coinlive.com/zh/news/meta-develops-ai-search-engine-that-generates-information-summaries-inOpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a global outage on December 12, leaving many users unable to access the platform.

The official website displayed a message stating: “ChatGPT is currently unavailable. Status: Identified - We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.”

According to Downdetector, 74% of users worldwide reported encountering issues with ChatGPT during the outage.

The internet reacted with memes

As expected, the internet reacts with interesting memes that could be seen on social media platforms like Instagram and X.

Many students were complaining that they were in the midst of their examinations, and ChatGPT has went down at the worst time possible for them.

Similarly, working adults who depended on ChatGPT for their work also joke that after the outage, stating that the productivity of the worldwide working force would take a big hit after the outage.

There were even some that added ChatGPT to the Maslow hierarchy of needs together with other 21 century essentials such as WIFI.

The outage particularly frustrated ChatGPT plusnad pro subscribers, who paid $20 and $200 respectively for enhanced access. Social media platforms were flooded with complaints, with many expressing dissatisfaction about the unexpected downtime.

OpenAI's outage struck shortly after Meta's outage

In an update, OpenAI acknowledged the disruption, confirming that API and ChatGPT traffic had seen partial recovery, though Sora remained affected. The company assured users that efforts to fully restore services were ongoing.

The disruption occurred after Meta platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook experienced a major outage affecting users globally.

Through its X account, OpenAI conveyed an update: "We're experiencing an outage right now. We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.Sorry and we'll keep you updated."

Meta’s downtime lasted over three hours, during which Instagram alone recorded nearly 70,000 issue reports on Downdetector by mid-Wednesday. In a subsequent update, Meta stated it was “99% of the way there” in resolving the problem.

Reliability of technology

While service outages are not uncommon in the digital world, but incidents like this remind us again about the issue of the reliability of AI in a world that depends so heavily on it.

Despite OpenAI's quick response, the outage highlights the vulnerabilities of even the advanced digital systems.

For users, it underscores the reality that occasional disruptions are an inevitable aspect of our increasingly interconnected world.