OpenAI's ChatGPT suffers outage, and says it's working on a fix

Company Updates - OpenAI is currently addressing an outage affecting ChatGPT and Sora, with a fix being rolled out [1][2] - ChatGPT experienced a downtime of over two hours, following a previous outage in June that lasted over five hours [3] - OpenAI released Sora to users in the US and most other countries but underestimated demand, causing delays in access [4] User and Market Data - OpenAI's technology reaches 300 million active users weekly [2] - The company was valued at $157 billion in a funding round in October 2024, with participation from Microsoft and Nvidia [3] Industry Developments - Apple released new software versions for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, integrating ChatGPT [2] - OpenAI's rapid growth began with the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, marking a significant milestone in the tech industry [3]