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ChatGPT was down — live updates on chatbot outage affecting the UK right now

Everyone's favorite AI chat service is having problems today

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At around 4:15 p.m. BST (11:15 a.m. ET), we started seeing a spike in reports for OpenAI and its ChatGPT service on DownDetector. The spike is small in the U.S., but it's over 3,000 on the U.K. version of DownDetector.

OpenAI acknowledged the outage on its status page, saying that it's seeing "increased error rates."

ChatGPT outage — Live updates

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Posts have been coming through on X for the past hour or so, with users reporting that ChatGPT has either slowed right down or is just not working at all.

While it isn't clear if they are related, some users are also reporting that ChatGPT Atlas, the company's new AI internet browser, is also running slower than usual.

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The reports have started pouring in, jumping to close to 3,000 on Down Detector in the UK.

We'll have to wait and see if this outage continues to spike or if it's just a passing blip, but we'll keep an eye on it so you can determine whether ChatGPT will be back in a few moments or down for an extended period.