Technology
Thursday, November 9th, 2023 6:48 pm EDT
Key Points
- ChatGPT, OpenAI’s widely used chatbot, is currently facing outages due to a targeted attack. Users have been encountering error messages as a result of this attack.
- OpenAI revealed that over 92% of Fortune 500 companies are now utilizing the ChatGPT platform, marking a significant increase from 80% in August. These companies come from diverse sectors, including financial services, legal applications, and education.
- The disruptions caused by the attack coincided with a series of outages across OpenAI’s services and tools, affecting more than two million developers who use OpenAI’s API. OpenAI assured that no customer information has been compromised. This incident followed OpenAI’s milestone of reaching over 100 million weekly active users and the introduction of its powerful AI model, GPT-4 Turbo, along with a feature allowing users to create customized ChatGPT versions.
OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, has experienced outages due to a targeted attack, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. Users have been receiving error messages, and the company has been working to mitigate the issue. Despite the disruption, OpenAI shared that no customer information has been compromised. OpenAI recently celebrated reaching over 100 million weekly active users and unveiled its powerful AI model, GPT-4 Turbo, along with a new feature that allows users to create customized versions of ChatGPT. This attack occurred after an earlier outage across OpenAI’s services and tools, including its API, which is used by over two million developers. Fortune 500 companies, spanning various industries, have been adopting ChatGPT at an increasing rate.
For the full original article on CNBC, please click here: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/openai-says-chatgpt-downtime-caused-by-targeted-ddos-attack.html
