India, June 10 -- OpenAI's ChatGPT, the widely used AI chatbot, experienced a global outage on Tuesday, leaving users unable to access the platform or complete their tasks. The disruption began around 12:30 pm IST and persisted for several hours, with reports of service failures steadily increasing across multiple countries.

The outage sparked a flood of reactions on social media, particularly on X (formerly Twitter), where users expressed their frustration with a touch of humour. Timelines were quickly filled with memes and witty remarks, turning the technical hiccup into a shared online spectacle.

One user quipped, "Is chatgpt down? am i supposed to use my brain now at work? tf" Another joked, "ChatGPT is down? Guess I'll start talkin...