OpenAI Suggests Cyberattacks Behind ChatGPT Outage
Following the major outage of ChatGPT, OpenAI has suggested that the cause behind the outage could be cyberattacks by hackers. According to a report by Bloomberg, OpenAI spoke about the ChatGPT outage issue. They stated that the periodic outages were due to an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack. The team is working to mitigate it and is expected to resolve the cyberattack issue soon.
ChatGPT Massive Outage & Restoration
On November 8 morning, ChatGPT was reportedly down for subscribed and free users. In their update, OpenAI confirmed the issue with Chatbot ChatGPT and API, impacting services globally. However, within a few hours, the matter was resolved and the normalcy of ChatGPT functioning was restored. Furthermore, the OpenAI team confirmed that they were aware of the issue and started an investigation into the glitch, leading to the persistent outage which resulted in causing a major temporary shutdown.
This was the first major outage reported by ChatGPT, happening after OpenAI’s first in-person event on November 6 where they announced a new subscriber-created ChatGPT Chatbots. GPT-4 Turbo is a new transformative feature of the platform that will empower subscribers to create bespoke GPT models.
OpenAI Believes Hackers Are Behind ChatGPT Outage
In an official statement on their page, OpenAI startup backed by Microsoft said they discovered abnormal traffic indicating that hackers are trying to swamp its services, leading to the outage. As per the company, they spotted signs of a DDoS attack where external perpetrators try to overload a platform by repeatedly pinging it. Although they have resolved the issue and ChatGPT is functioning normally, the OpenAI team will investigate this matter further.
Hot Take: Cybersecurity Remains Vital in AI Industry
The recent outage experienced by ChatGPT highlights the importance of cybersecurity in the AI industry. As more startups venture into this sector and competition intensifies with new launches like Elon Musk’s xAI startup-backed chatbot Grok, ensuring robust security measures against potential cyberattacks becomes crucial for sustaining service reliability and user trust.
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