What is the Problem?

Users are seeing messages like "Hmm... something seems to have gone wrong" and "There was an error generating a response." This affects both the ChatGPT service itself and users who integrate it into their own chatbots.

OpenAI's Response

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, acknowledges the issue on their status page and is investigating. This is the second time in two days ChatGPT has experienced elevated error rates.

Impact of this issue

Users relying on ChatGPT for creative projects, education, or other purposes are facing disruptions. This highlights the vulnerabilities and limitations of current large language models.

Previous Issues

Last month, ChatGPT was unresponsive for nearly three hours. In November, a denial-of-service attack caused disruptions.