Is ChatGPT down? What we know

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ChatGPT appears to have crashed on Tuesday. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

ChatGPT appeared to crash on Tuesday. Open AI, which created and hosts ChatGPT, received a spike in reports on Down Detector.

The site loaded when tested by Mashable but crashed upon trying to log in.

The AI chatbot recently dipped in traffic for the first time since its inception, though it does remain quite popular.


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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).

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