ChatGPT affects 300 million people by shutting down! OpenAI assures system stability to the outside, Sam Altman: underestimating Sora's demand

After a few hours of downtime, ChatGPT quickly recovered.

OpenAI announced on Thursday that ChatGPT Assistant, Sora video generation tool, and API are all fully operational again after a temporary outage of over four hours. According to OpenAI's status page, this service interruption caused multiple services used by the company to not function properly.

This is not the first time OpenAI has encountered such a problem. In June of this year, OpenAI also experienced a downtime of over five hours, which prevented users from accessing the service.

ChatGPT is rising rapidly! It has reached 300 million users.

ChatGPT has entered the mainstream technology market. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed on 12/4 that ChatGPT currently has a weekly active user base of up to 300 million, making this tool stand out in various fields such as personal assistants and professional workflows.

The recent surge in users is closely related to the software update released by Apple on Wednesday. This update integrates ChatGPT into the Apple ecosystem, allowing it to be used on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, further highlighting the importance of ChatGPT in everyday tech applications.

OpenAI reached a valuation of 157 billion dollars

OpenAI not only won the trust of users, but also attracted the attention of a large number of investors. In October this year, it received an amazing valuation of $157 billion in a round of financing, with major investors including Microsoft and Nvidia.

(OpenAI's latest round of financing valued at $15.7 billion, will it be restructured as a for-profit enterprise?)

The demand for new product Sora in image creation is soaring

OpenAI recently launched a new product line: video generation tool Sora. It has been rolling out to users in the United States and other countries since Monday. However, the demand for Sora has quickly exceeded expectations. CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday, 'We severely underestimated the demand for Sora; it may take some time to grant access to everyone.'

The surge in users will test stability

As OpenAI continues to dominate the field of artificial intelligence, maintaining service stability during rapid expansion has become a major challenge.

After this service interruption is resolved, the company needs to ensure that its infrastructure can keep up with user growth and product releases. For users and developers relying on OpenAI's innovation, the future focus will be on how the company can maintain stability while growing.

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