ChatGPT Down? Users Face Issues While Using The AI Chatbot, OpenAI Confirmed

ChatGPT Down: OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot has faced a massive outage, as users have faced issues while logging the app and website. As per the outage tracker, Downdetector, over 500 user reports were logged around 1 PM IST on September 3. Around 85 percent of reported user reports suggest having issues with ChatGPT, while 13 percent are facing difficulty in accessing the website.

OpenAI has also confirmed on its status update page. As per the status page by OpenAI, one of the key issues is that ChatGPT is not showing the responses. In this context, OpenAI has said that “We have identified the root cause and are working to resolve it.”

ChatGPT Outage

However, this is not the first time ChatGPT has faced an outage in recent times. Back in July 2025, the AI bot had faced issues twice a month.

The good part is that OpenAI is resolving the issue, and ChatGPT is accessible to have a conversation right now. If you are unable to access ChatGPT, make sure to log in using your Google account again and then try out with a prompt.

ChatGPT Alternatives

Still can’t access? If, due to any issue, you are unable to access ChatGPT, then know that there are several other AI bots that you can try right now. For example:

• Gemini: Google’s advanced AI model designed for reasoning, coding, and multimodal tasks, competing directly with ChatGPT.
• Grok: X (formerly Twitter)’s AI chatbot built by xAI, known for its witty, conversational style and integration with real-time X data.
• Claude: Anthropic’s AI assistant focused on safety and reliability, offering detailed, thoughtful responses with a more cautious approach.
• Perplexity: An AI-powered search assistant that answers questions with sources, combining conversational AI with real-time web results.

FAQs

• Is ChatGPT still down? 

No, ChatGPT is working now, and you can access it via the app or the website.

• What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is OpenAI’s AI bot, which can work with text, images, and even search the web.