ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot from OpenAI, is experiencing a series of service outages and interruptions today, February 19, leaving millions of users without access to this tool.
Social media was quickly flooded with reports indicating problems loading conversations and a general inability to use the platform. Google searches related to ChatGPT problems experienced a significant increase in the last few hours. Terms such as “ChatGPT down”, “chatgpt error in message stream”, “why is my chatgpt not working”, were positioned among the most searched trends.
Platforms such as Downdetector also reported an exponential increase in incidents related to ChatGPT worldwide.
What does ChatGPT error in message stream mean?
This is one of the search terms that has seen an increase due to the outage of OpenAI’s model services. This error usually occurs when there is a problem with the internal servers.
Facts about OpenAI
OpenAI is a leading AI company, best known for developing ChatGPT and DALL-E. Founded in 2015, it has raised over $11.3 billion in funding, making it the most valuable AI startup in the world in 2024.
Microsoft is one of its largest investors, contributing $11 billion between 2019 and 2023.
ChatGPT, its most famous product, is an AI chatbot that can generate text, answer questions, and perform complex tasks. As of October 2024, ChatGPT received around 3.7 billion monthly visits, a 17.2% increase from the previous month.
It is the most widely used AI tool among developers, with 81.7% regular use.
The 25-34 age group accounts for the majority of OpenAI users, at 44.1%
The United States generates the most traffic at 19.42%, followed by India at 11.74%.
SOURCE: Statista
