OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage

OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, has been experiencing periodic outages due to a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack. The issue was initially attributed to high interest in the platform's new features, but the company later confirmed the cause as an abnormal traffic pattern resembling a DDoS attack. The hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for the attack, citing OpenAI's alleged bias towards Israel and against Palestine as their motivation.

In related news, OpenAI competitor Anthropic also experienced issues with its AI chatbot, Claude, due to unexpected capacity constraints. However, it is unclear if these two incidents are connected.

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OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, has been experiencing periodic outages due to a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman initially attributed the issue to the overwhelming interest in the platform's new features, but later the company identified the problem as an abnormal traffic pattern resembling a DDoS attack.
Hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan claimed responsibility for the attack, citing OpenAI's alleged bias towards Israel and against Palestine as the reason for their action.
OpenAI's competitor, Anthropic, also experienced issues with its AI-powered chatbot, Claude, but it's unclear if the two incidents are related.

OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage | TechCrunch

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