US EditionOpenAI, ChatGPT Outage Reported
- OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a surge in users generating Studio Ghibli-style images, leading CEO Sam Altman to announce temporary usage limits on March 30, 2025.
- This followed the release of OpenAI's advanced image generator in the ChatGPT-4o model, enabling users to easily create whimsical images inspired by the iconic Japanese animation studio.
- The viral trend quickly spread across social media platforms, with millions of users generating AI images that impressed with their polish and lack of visual glitches.
- Altman addressed the strain on OpenAI's resources on X, stating, "It's super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT, but our GPUs are melting," prompting the introduction of a cap of three image generations per day for free-tier users.
- The situation highlights the broader challenge facing the AI industry in balancing accessibility with infrastructure limitations and the significant processing and energy costs associated with high-quality AI-generated content, leading some companies to explore options like nuclear power.
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ChatGPT faces outage amid viral Ghibli art trend, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says 'our team needs sleep'
ChatGPT, the popular AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, faced a global outage on Sunday as its servers buckled under an unprecedented surge in demand, triggered by the viral popularity of its new Studio Ghibli-style image generation feature. The disruption left users frustrated, with many unable to access the platform for hours. The outage began on Saturday evening but escalated by Sunday afternoon, with a sharp spike in error reports around 4:19 p…
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