ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide.

OpenAI has confirmed that users are currently experiencing issues around the world, with many not having access to AI.

When accessing ChatGPT, users see the error message “the origin web server timed out responding to this request”.

This outage started within the last 45 minutes. According DownDetectorChatGPT is currently experiencing an outage in the United States, Europe, India, Japan, Australia, and other parts of the world.

On the status pageOpenAI has acknowledged an issue affecting ChatGPT.

“Traffic for ChatGPT is starting to improve after the initial fixes were implemented,” the company said.

Update 1: ChatGPT appears to be back online for some users, while others continue to experience issues.

This is a developing story.