December 12 news.OpenAI has confirmed that its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT Currently experiencing a globalcrash (of a computer), causing users to be unable to use it. This issue also affects the iOS 18.2 Siri integration feature with ChatGPT.
According to OpenAI.The company has identified the cause of the downtime and is actively working on fixes. While they aim to restore ChatGPT's functionality as soon as possible, they have not yet provided a specific timeline for the restoration. Many users have encountered random error messages when trying to access the service, and in some cases, users have even been forced to quit the application.
1AI notes that iOS 18.2, which was released earlier today, introduces new features for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users, including Siri's integration with ChatGPT, which allows users to interact with OpenAI's chatbot directly through the Siri interface. However, due to the current downtime challenges, theFor some users who have updated to the latest system, this feature is also affected and does not work properly.
While OpenAI has not provided any details about the downtime, some have speculated that today's downtime was caused by an influx of iOS users experiencing the new ChatGPT integration.
It's worth noting that iOS users can interact with ChatGPT for free via Siri without an OpenAI account.appleIt also allows users to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus directly from the Settings app on iOS so they can access paid features.