OpenAI's ChatGPT goes down; netizen says, 'Looks like our AI buddy is taking a break'

ChatGPT, one of the most popular AI-powered chatbots developed by OpenAI, experienced a global service disruption. 

Users encountered difficulties accessing both the website and chat app, with many seeing a "Bad gateway" error page rather than the usual chat option.

However, for some users, ChatGPT app appeared to work as usual. Interestingly, OpenAI's official status page claimed all systems were operational. 

DownDetector—a website tracking online service interruptions—recorded a significant spike in reported issues, with over 3,500 outage reports at the time of publishing.

Users quickly took to X (formerly Twitter) to discuss the service problem, sharing memes and checking if others were experiencing similar disruptions.

🚨BREAKING: CHATGPT IS DOWN

OpenAI is currently in the thick of an unresolved incident with ChatGPT and the API experiencing higher than usual error rates.

Source:OpenAI pic.twitter.com/Umaarmhbj0

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 23, 2025

My imagination when #chatgpt goes down....

Drawn with #GROK@ElonMuskAOCpic.twitter.com/aiUKfukiTu

— Mr StartUp (@RealMrStartup) January 23, 2025

chatgpt is down, so it's time to try out google gemini for the first time ever.

wish me luck.

— Douwe Tjerkstra (@tjerkienator) January 23, 2025

#Repost@SpookyVisitor
everyone rn going to twitter to see if chatgpt is down #ChatGPTdownpic.twitter.com/7VDkrgXOle

— Avinashi. (@shubkothari1234) January 23, 2025

Everyone saying chatgpt down😐
Le chatgpt 😂#ChatGPTdownpic.twitter.com/Gd4ew9U9RC

— BC ✴️ (@sarcasmch23) January 23, 2025