ChatGPT and Sora are down

OpenAI experienced a major outage affecting ChatGPT, Sora, and its developer-facing API, as reported on the company's status page. The outage began on Wednesday, with partial recovery for ChatGPT and its API by 5:50 pm PT, though Sora remained down. The cause of the outage is unclear, but it coincided with OpenAI's integration with Apple in iOS 18.2, possibly leading to increased server traffic. Users reported issues accessing ChatGPT and Apple Intelligence, while those who signed up for Sora faced server capacity limitations.

The outage occurred during OpenAI's "12 days of shipmas" event, where the company has been releasing new products daily. Recent announcements include the full release of the o1 reasoning model, a reinforcement fine-tuning research program, and updates to Canvas. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, acknowledged the unexpected interest in Sora, which led to user limitations. The outage also followed a global service interruption to Meta's products, though any connection between the two incidents is unclear.

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OpenAI experienced a major outage affecting ChatGPT, Sora, and its API, with partial recovery reported for ChatGPT and the API, but Sora remained down.
The outage coincided with OpenAI's integration with Apple in iOS 18.2, potentially causing increased traffic on the company's servers.
OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, acknowledged the unexpected high interest in Sora, leading to server capacity issues on its launch day.
The outage occurred during OpenAI's "12 days of shipmas" event, following a global service interruption to Meta’s products earlier the same day.

ChatGPT and Sora are down | TechCrunch

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