Islamabad, June 10, 2025: ChatGPT is down in Pakistan and other parts of the world due to a sudden outage sparking complaints from users who encountered random error messages. A surge in reports was picked up by Down Detector, with more than 1,400 complaints in the UK and over 1,000 in the US at its peak. It remains unclear whether the issue is widespread or only impacting certain accounts.
The error message reads: “A network error occurred.
“Please check your connection and try again. If this issue persists please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com.” Meanwhile, others have reported a reply that says: “Hmm.. something seems to have gone wrong.”
The ChatGPT outage has led to a wave of social media posts as people seek updates on the platform, which reportedly serves around 400 million users per week.
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“ChatGPT, my work buddy, is down again,” one person fumed on X. “Apparently Chatgpt is down globally. I thought my internet was glitching,” another commented.
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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has acknowledged the problem and confirmed it is looking into the matter. The issues appear to have begun around 9 AM BST.
“Some users are experiencing elevated error rates and latency across the listed services,” the firm’s service status page says. “We are investigating.”
