The ever-helpful ChatGPT seemed to have a case of the Mondays on a Tuesday, as a sudden global outage left thousands of users staring at error messages. On June 10, 2025, reports flooded in from users unable to access the popular AI chatbot through its app or website, grinding creative and professional workflows to a halt.
A Wave of Digital Distress
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, quickly became a support group for stranded users. Screenshots of puzzling messages like “A network error occurred” and “Hmm…something seems to have gone wrong” painted a clear picture of a widespread issue. The outage tracking website, Downdetector, confirmed the digital disruption, logging a sharp spike in problem reports from users around the world.
OpenAI on the Case
OpenAI, the brain behind ChatGPT, acknowledged the service interruption on its official status page. The company indicated that the issue wasn’t just limited to the chatbot, but also affected its text-to-video generator, Sora. While the exact cause of the outage remains under investigation, the incident highlights how integral AI tools have become in our daily lives and the ripple effect when they unexpectedly go offline.
