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- ChatGPT users are receiving error messages when trying to use the bot.
- The company says it has identified the error and is looking to fix it shortly.
- The company experienced an outage earlier this month due to a DDOS attack.
Amid a chaotic week at OpenAI, the company's chatbot ChatGPT is experiencing a widespread outage Tuesday afternoon.
According to Down Detector, which tracks reports of outages, the platform began seeing a spike in errors around 2 p.m. PT.
OpenAI wrote on its status site that the issue had been identified and is affecting "non-completion API endpoints" as well.