"ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Face Major Outage"

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a significant outage affecting all users for several hours, with intermittent service restorations. The issue, which impacted both web and mobile apps, was first reported early Tuesday morning and was resolved by the afternoon. OpenAI has not disclosed the cause of the outage, but it coincides with increased server load due to new features and a potential upcoming deal with Apple. Users are advised to perform a hard refresh if they still face issues.