ChatGPT, the chatbot service developed by OpenAI, is experiencing a “partial outage” that is causing disruptions on the platform as of June 10.
According to an update on the OpenAI website, the situation is currently under investigation, citing that users are having “elevated error rates and latency” on services, Chat GPT, APIs, and Sora.
“Our engineers have identified the root cause and are working as fast as possible to fix the issue,” OpenAI wrote in a statement on X at 10:22 am ET.
DownDetector shows 1,738 outage reports just before 5:30 a.m. ET. There was an increase in reports, to 1,309, as of 7:35 a.m. ET. As of 10:45 a.m. ET, there are 1,798 reports.
On its website, OpenAI stated that it is still “working on implementing the mitigation of this issue.”
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Users take to social media to discuss outage
Users took to social media platforms like X, formerly Twitter, to express their frustrations over the outage.
me rn waiting for chatgpt to work again#ChatGPTdown #ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/qdhothKfpJ
— Isma khan (@ismakhannn) June 10, 2025
Me when Chat GPT is down:😔😣#ChatGPT #OpenAI pic.twitter.com/vXKXL6Ix03
— Sarcasm (@sarcastic_us) June 10, 2025
Everyone running to twitter to check if chatgpt is down for anyone else #chatgpt #chatgptdown pic.twitter.com/n2oJlbex2n
— Jeet (@JeetN25) June 10, 2025
How life feels when ChatGPT is down pic.twitter.com/zbEkf0USEP
— Aditi. (@Sassy_Soul_) June 10, 2025
When you realise #ChatGPT is down! pic.twitter.com/EZkF7QLP6T
— thearcher✨💜 (@thearcherdarlin) June 10, 2025
There’s no word yet on when the outage will be fully resolved.
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot launched in 2022 by OpenAI.
As opposed to predictive AI, generative AI is trained on large amounts of data in order to identify patterns and create content of its own, including voices, music, pictures, and videos.
ChatGPT allows users to interact with the chatting tool much like they could with another human, with the chatbot generating conversational responses to questions or prompts.
Proponents say ChatGPT could reinvent online search engines and could assist with research, information writing, content creation, and customer service chatbots. However, the service has at times become controversial, with some critics raising concerns that ChatGPT and similar programs fuel online misinformation and enable students to plagiarize.
This story has been updated to add new information.
Contributing: Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY
Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@gannett.com.
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