Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT Outage Sparks Widespread User Frustration

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Jeremiah Ayegbusi

A significant outage hit OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Tuesday morning, June 10, 2025, disrupting services for countless users worldwide.

DownDetector reported thousands user complaints, highlighting the scale of the technical issues.

Users encountered error messages such as “too many concurrent requests” and “hmm…something seems to have gone wrong.”

Another common error cited network issues, urging users to check connections or contact OpenAI’s help center at help.openai.com.

OpenAI acknowledged the problem, noting elevated error rates and latency across its services on its status page.

The AI chatbot, powered by the advanced GPT-4 language model, is renowned for its human-like conversational abilities.

ChatGPT supports tasks like text generation, question answering, summarization, brainstorming, and even code and image creation.

With over 400 million weekly active users and 10 million ChatGPT Plus subscribers as of February 2025, the platform’s reach is vast.

The outage disrupted workflows for individuals and businesses relying on ChatGPT’s AI capabilities for productivity.

OpenAI is actively investigating the issue to restore full functionality, according to its official statement.

Such disruptions underscore the challenges of scaling AI infrastructure to meet surging global demand.

Users took to social media to express frustration, amplifying the outage’s visibility across platforms like X.

The incident highlights the critical role ChatGPT plays in daily operations for millions worldwide.

As AI technology continues to evolve, reliable service remains a top priority for OpenAI’s user base.

OpenAI has yet to provide a timeline for resolution, leaving users awaiting updates on service restoration.

This outage serves as a reminder of the complexities involved in maintaining cutting-edge AI systems.

Jeremiah Ayegbusi

Jeremiah Ayegbusi is an economist and former Academic Officer of the Nigerian Economic Students Association, Redeemer's University Chapter (NESARUN). He analyzes economic news and conducts research for long-form analysis, leveraging his strong academic foundation and passion for insights.

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