OpenAI reacts to ChatGPT fallout as users on X joke ‘Back to using our own brains’

The illustration shows the ChatGPT logo

ChatGPTthe very popular one AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, went offline in the US, leaving millions of users stranded – and sparking a wave of humor across social media.
The outcome began around 1:30 PM EST, according to Downdetector, with over 50,000 users reporting problems. By 3:30 p.m., reports continued to pour in, and a simple query to ChatGPT resulted in an “Internal Server Error” message. OpenAI confirmed the outage at 16.05 and blamed an unnamed person internet provider and promises to work on a solution.

This marks the second outage for ChatGPT this month, following a six-hour blackout just two weeks ago. In June, the AI ​​assistant also suffered technical issues that disrupted users for hours.
X Reacts: Back to ‘Using Our Own Brains’
Users on X (formerly Twitter) couldn’t help but poke fun at the situation. One said: “Back to using my own brain? No thanks.” Another joked: “When ChatGPT is down, who am I going to ask for my bad attitude about philosophy?”
Even rival chatbot Grok, hosted on X, was not spared from the chaos. Some users expressed frustration, while others simply switched platforms to get their jokes out.
“All I want is some practice tests,” another user wrote as others referenced previous occasions when ChatGPT was down. In one, an angry commenter stated that it took four hours for the bot to get back up and running, complaining that in the time it would take OpenAI to fix the issues at hand, they would simply doodle.
OpenAI’s record and the bigger picture
Despite the hiccups, ChatGPT remains the most popular AI chatbot with over 300 million users. weekly users and more than a billion messages exchanged daily, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The platform is valued at a staggering $157 billion after its $6.6 billion funding round in October.