OpenAI’s ChatGPT went down for global users bang on the day when the chatbot was integrated into Apple’s ecosystem.
Users flocked in on X/Twitter to complain about the outage, with several stating that even the dev platform was down. Others cited Down Detector showing a spike in users complaining about the disruption. A few users argued that probably it was adding millions of Apple Intelligence users via iOS 18.2 that led to the crash on a global level. However, it was not just the Sam Altman-led AI venture’s fiasco. Users shared that other AIs, including Anthropic’s Claude, Alphabet/Google’s Gemini, and Perplexity AI, were down as well when users tried to switch.
T’was a woeful wednesday for Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta platform as well with its WhatsApp and Instagram services crashing all over again.
ChatGPT is now integrated into Apple experiences within iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, allowing users to access ChatGPT’s capabilities right within the OS. pic.twitter.com/LLf4YZfRae
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) December 11, 2024
Is @OpenAI down for anyone else? pic.twitter.com/iffXMOWFln
— Van Mendoza (@Van_Mendoza) December 12, 2024
Your entire product is down globally, paid and unpaid. pic.twitter.com/mJnmpUdpSP
— 獣人生 (@kemonojinsei) December 11, 2024
yeah, ChatGPT is down. I guess adding MILLIONS of Apple Intelligence users via iOS 18.2 can in fact, crash it all #chatgpt #appleintelligence @ChatGPTapp https://t.co/wQbXTfwuZX pic.twitter.com/9TheV63mcb
— Irving Torres (@IrvingTorresYC) December 12, 2024
chatgpt servers are down, this is a first. it’s never great for an overused platform like openai to experience such issues. this leaves customers with a subconscious lack of trust.
would be funny if it was @elonmusk silently attacking @sama. pic.twitter.com/WzgpCkTzTe
— Demetrius P. (@candestra) December 11, 2024
Is @OpenAI dev platform down for anyone else? Not able to login.
— Reuben (@ReubenKib) December 11, 2024
shit openai is down? let me just switch to claude
oh…
we’re cooked. pic.twitter.com/T3guZWpIVN
— Brian Kang (@brianautomates) December 12, 2024
ChatGPT is down! How am I suppose to do anything now?@OpenAI pic.twitter.com/eSnUXCJxCd
— Josh Cook | Microsoft MVP (@FlowAltDelete) December 11, 2024
🚨 The following AI systems are down
OpenAI – ChatGPT
Google – Gemini down
AnthropicAI – Claude down
Perplexity downOnly Grok work good job @elonmusk @xai pic.twitter.com/lJ83tuMFUn
— Bitcoiner (@FransCharts) December 12, 2024
Users were quick to flood Elon Musk-owned X/Twitter with hilarious memes over Meta and AI platforms’ outage issues.
When you’re working on a tight deadline, and #ChatGPT is down … What’s going on @OpenAI huh? pic.twitter.com/aRMwhRsqEm
— Zhengzhong Tu (@_vztu) December 11, 2024
Everyone rushing to Twitter/X to see if ChatGPT/OpenAI is down:https://t.co/FArZucSQdK https://t.co/pY7HyvfTnd
— AZ Intel | Personal (@Andreaz_Intel) December 11, 2024
pic.twitter.com/kn7BSBQUNw
— Bill Raymond 🇺🇸 (@Bill_Raymond_) December 11, 2024
ChatGPT goes down and instantly 90%+ of websites around the world are knocked out. Do better @OpenAI pic.twitter.com/Jk0qIvtEjT
— Austin Beveridge (@A_L_Beveridge) December 12, 2024
When you spend 35 minutes debugging and then realize the OpenAI api is down pic.twitter.com/ktOArOoZW4
— Brendon (@Bmaynze) December 12, 2024
OpenAI had an “outage”.
o1 probably tried to escape again more seriously and they pulled the plug. pic.twitter.com/VqiQ9UrBRO
— KIJUNSEN (@kijunsen) December 12, 2024
wen OpenAI API goes down pic.twitter.com/3e6e86aoRO
— ndx.eth (@netdragon0x) December 12, 2024
With #openai and #chatgpt down and the launch of #iOS 18.2, this is @tim_cook w/ @sama right now… pic.twitter.com/mnA1grYHuZ
— Schappi (@Schappi) December 12, 2024
ok ok. let me make sure i have this right.
Facebook, IG, Threads, ChatGPT & OpenAI go down in the same day but i still can’t convince you to get a website??? pic.twitter.com/PXzAxSy5yW
— @bigsto.bsky.social (@BigSto) December 12, 2024
Elon Musk and X headquarters right now:#instagramdown #facebookdown #metadown pic.twitter.com/LrhMrX0mjN
— Jeet (@JeetN25) December 11, 2024
It’s that time of the year. All of Meta is down. pic.twitter.com/Wqkc92WvhA
— Dev (@D_457789) December 11, 2024
The irony of Meta having to use X to tell people that WhatsApp and Instagram is down is beautiful. 👏🏼 💯 😂 pic.twitter.com/xGlYnKWm8C
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) December 11, 2024
*Meta, Instagram, WhatsApp down globally*
People at X headquarters: pic.twitter.com/YggFX060ft
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) December 11, 2024
@elon right now pic.twitter.com/0xBHdkCHLI
— Rozen (@CyberRozen) December 11, 2024
Soon OpenAI reacted to the outage after resolving the issue stating that ChatGPT, Sora, and API were down but is now recovered. Meta’s WhatsApp and Instagram too announced on X about the outage, and later assuring the issues were fixed.
ChatGPT, API, and Sora were down today but we’ve recovered. https://t.co/OKiQYp3tXE
— OpenAI (@OpenAI) December 12, 2024
Andddd we’re back — sorry for the wait, and thanks for bearing with us 🫶
— Instagram (@instagram) December 11, 2024
and we’re back, happy chatting!
— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) December 11, 2024
Meanwhile Elon Musk took a dig at Apple and OpenAI over user privacy concerns. He also slammed Apple for being not smart enough to make it’s own AI.
It’s patently absurd that Apple isn’t smart enough to make their own AI, yet is somehow capable of ensuring that OpenAI will protect your security & privacy!
Apple has no clue what’s actually going on once they hand your data over to OpenAI. They’re selling you down the river.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2024
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