ChatGPT-5 faced an unexplained service disruption today. The outage left several ChatGPT users frustrated as it impacted their daily proceedings. OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT-5 one of the most widely used AI chatbots, has not yet provided any updates regarding the service outage. Users are waiting for an official response from OpenAI from the same.
Users individuals complained about being unable to access ChatGPT:
Multiple individuals complained about being unable to access ChatGPT. Whereas some users complained of unusual long delays in responses from the chatbot. This has led to several users expressing their frustration on ‘X’ with some people sharing hilarious memes on the same too. ChatGPT-5 is used by millions of people everyday for various tasks, which was impacted today due to the outage.
Individuals shared memes, cracked jokes:
Individuals shared memes, cracked jokes and voiced their frustration on ‘X’. One user wrote, “When #ChatGPT is down and I gotta use my own brain.” Another joked, “200 word essay due by midnight and ChatGPT down.” Many others echoed similar sentiments, with one frustrated post reading, “ChatGPT is down and I’m forced to use my own brain.” Another user tried to reassure themselves, writing, “Okay, ChatGPT is down… I’m not alone.” “I can’t believe how lost I feel without it,” one post read, while another summed up the sentiment with, “ChatGPT down means productivity is down.”
The timing of the outage also struck a nerve. “This is the worst time for ChatGPT to be down,” one user remarked, while another pleaded, “Please ChatGPT, don’t do this.”