ChatGPT, the popular AI-powered chatbot, has gone offline due to a technical issue, leaving millions of users worldwide struggling to access the service.

The outage, which began shortly before 7 PM ET, affected not only ChatGPT but also OpenAI's API and Sora services.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, acknowledged the issue on social media, stating that they had identified the problem and were working to roll out a fix.

"We're experiencing an outage right now. We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix. Sorry and we'll keep you updated" the company said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).