New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- ChatGPT, OpenAI's popular AI-powered chatbot, has returned online after a significant outage on Thursday disrupted service for users worldwide.

Over 3,700 users reported issues via Downdetector, with many unable to access the platform between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM IST. Those attempting to use the service were greeted with error messages, including "the web server reported a bad gateway error" and the ominous "Error 503: Service Temporarily Unavailable."

The San Francisco-based AI company addressed the outage on its status page, confirming that a fix was implemented at 8:39 PM IST. The company assured users it was "monitoring the results" following the resolution, though the cause of the disruption remains unclear.

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