ChatGPT web and mobile UIs unavailable (opens in new tab)

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66 pointsbchelli2y ago86 comments

86 comments

Yes, ChatGPT is down.

https://status.openai.com/

Upon logging in, I noticed it suddenly downgraded me to free although billing is current. People are reporting they also lost Plus subscriptions and all chat history.

https://community.openai.com/t/suddenly-downgraded-to-free/9...

I also got blocked by Cloudflare, so am unable to post with my Ray IDs. People are also reporting this.

https://community.openai.com/t/im-blocked-i-don1t-know-why/3...

People are reporting issues here:

https://community.openai.com/c/chatgpt/19

capableweb2y ago

You're probably not downgraded, but rather the UI defaults to free plan, and once the API confirmed you're subscribed, the state switches to the "Plus" one. Same for chat history and more. Just give them moments to restore the backend and it'll come back surely.

Personally I saw "You've been flagged for suspicious traffic" for a few moments before the whole thing went down. I'm not using any extensions or anything extra, just raw vanilla ChatGPT Plus and been using it almost daily since ~1 week after GPT4 launch, with no malicious usage at all. So guessing that was also a temporary message because of some state shenanigans.

esperent2y ago

This happened to me two days ago. I was downgraded to free, but when I clicked the upgrade button, it showed my billing was up to date.

Logging out and back in fixed it.

imdsm2y ago

Well, time to disconnect and start talking to humans

willsmith722y ago

This is a nice reality check, but also for me a reminder of how much better AI is than stack overflow.

shortrounddev22y ago

I haven't tried Llama for code generation yet, maybe I should give it a try now

soulofmischief2y ago

If you have an Apple Silicon machine, combine [0] with [1] for state of the art local code completion and general Q/A.

[0] https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/WizardCoder-Python-34B-V1.0-...

[1] https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

generalizations2y ago

How does it compare to GPT4 these days? The article yesterday made it sound like it's getting close.

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shortrounddev22y ago

You don't need apple silicon, llama.cpp runs just fine on Windows/x86

lagt_t2y ago

Got to try the other big offers. Bard is surprisingly getting better. Bing in creative mode is not bad, but the "typing" speed is too slow.

soulofmischief2y ago

I have no idea what to do right now, I use ChatGPT all day while studying new concepts. It condenses time needed to understand complex new information by several magnitudes, and at this juncture studying without it seems pointless, it's rapidly become an extra layer in my brain.

simulosius2y ago

> I have no idea what to do right now

Well, humanity has managed to "know what to do" for thousands of years but here you are, completely lost without ChatGPT. Achievement unlocked .

soulofmischief2y ago

Did you read my comment? I'm not saying I'm bored, I'm saying I wasn't initially sure how to best proceed with my day, which involves a lot of fast-paced knowledge acquisition which generalized LLMs make possible.

Alifatisk2y ago

Please do not rely on these tools, they should not be a dependency of your thinking.

My bookshelf have a 100% uptime!

soulofmischief2y ago

Next you'll tell me I shouldn't use a calculator, or a computer at all.

The conceptual level at which I work benefits massively from the recent developments in LLMs, and to stop training myself for the new meta means to drastically fall behind and possibly miss my goals. There is absolutely no reason not to evolve alongside this new technology.

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klohto2y ago

I too bring my horse everywhere. I do not rely on such devious gas monsters on 4 wheels.

willsmith722y ago

This is why wherever I travel in the world I print out paper maps of every city and village I think I might go, I don't want to get a dependency on a digital map. My paper maps have a 100% uptime.

Erikun2y ago

This is a level of dystopian helplessness I have a hard time wrapping my head around.

selfhoster112y ago

LLMs are not a bad tool, provided you control them. Using Llama 2 deployed locally is far from dystopian.

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adorton2y ago

How do you know the information you're getting is factual?

djbusby2y ago

I just use it to kick start my learning process. It's basically the quick summary of Topic. And I ask GPT to cite sources. Then you can jump into to more authoritative articles/etc. Can't trust it blindly.

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soulofmischief2y ago

I will ask you the same question about the information which you read on the internet.

Whatever your answer is, apply that to ChatGPT. It is no different.

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nisegami2y ago

For a lot of use-cases, it actually doesn't matter that much.

hecksideci_12y ago

Try out Bing Chat. GPT4 is the basis for Bing Chat. It can be annoying with its message limits, lack of chat history, and tendency to point you to websites. Though, you can switch it to creative mode which is pretty similar to the workflow of ChatGPT, the GPT4 version.

soulofmischief2y ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, Bing Chat leaves a bad taste in my mouth due to user agent restriction and other shitty behaviors, which I have no desire to work around.

willsmith722y ago

Is it still only in edge?

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nickthegreek2y ago

get API access and use https://github.com/Bin-Huang/chatbox when the web UI is down.

soulofmischief2y ago

Chatbox is neat. I have API access but I'd rather not pay for large-context GPT-4 requests while I already have pro, it's good to spend this time improving on llama.cpp's built-in chat server if you ask me :)

Edit: And we're back!

dingus90012y ago

Relying on chatgpt is a great way to learn everything wrong and not even know why everything you learned was wrong

orionhasyou2y ago

Skynet woke up, as per the prophecy.

johntiger12y ago

I'm using claude while it's down, and it's a fine alternative

throwing_away2y ago

The API still works. I've been using https://github.com/TheR1D/shell_gpt/ in my workflow.

dustymcp2y ago

it generally seems to be entirely seperated ive had multiple instances where the ui was slow, but i could easily use the api, i ended up building my own client for funs and its pretty useful now aswell :)

StarterPro2y ago

And like that, production across Silicon Valley ground to a halt.

rvz2y ago

The new StackOverflow is already down.

Meanwhile, local and self-hosted LLM AIs like Llama 2, Code Llama and the derivatives have 100% uptime....

capableweb2y ago

Unless development is freezed, I don't think locally hosted LLMs have a 100% uptime, but surely the uptime is much greater than OpenAI's ChatGPT uptime at this point.

saqadri2y ago

You can use AI workbooks UI to access GPT3 and GPT4, it's still working: https://lastmileai.dev/workbooks/clk8qctki004sr1mkhv0eel64. (Full disclosure: I work on it)

willsmith722y ago

And it's back.. that was a pretty quick turn-around, I'm impressed

mpak_2y ago

It's not back

swalsh2y ago

Oh we're so back

klohto2y ago

The prophecy is 8 hours late

swader9992y ago

Just in time for back to school.

ldjkfkdsjnv2y ago

My productivity is already impacted without these tools. Three minutes in and I'm ready to stop working. These tools have infiltrated my life

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JBorrow2y ago

All the 10x engineers don't exist for the next couple of hours.

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baz002y ago

Well I might as well go home now because it’s the only way I can do my job.

Oh no wait a minute that’s not true!

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seynb2y ago

Yes, ChatGPT is down.

https://status.openai.com/

Upon logging in, I noticed it suddenly downgraded me to free although billing is current. People are reporting they also lost Plus subscriptions and all chat history.

https://community.openai.com/t/suddenly-downgraded-to-free/9...

I also got blocked by Cloudflare, so am unable to post with my Ray IDs. People are also reporting this.

https://community.openai.com/t/im-blocked-i-don1t-know-why/3...

People are reporting issues here:

https://community.openai.com/c/chatgpt/19

capableweb2y ago

esperent2y ago

This happened to me two days ago. I was downgraded to free, but when I clicked the upgrade button, it showed my billing was up to date.

Logging out and back in fixed it.

imdsm2y ago

Well, time to disconnect and start talking to humans

willsmith722y ago

This is a nice reality check, but also for me a reminder of how much better AI is than stack overflow.

shortrounddev22y ago

I haven't tried Llama for code generation yet, maybe I should give it a try now

soulofmischief2y ago

If you have an Apple Silicon machine, combine [0] with [1] for state of the art local code completion and general Q/A.

[0] https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/WizardCoder-Python-34B-V1.0-...

[1] https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp

generalizations2y ago

How does it compare to GPT4 these days? The article yesterday made it sound like it's getting close.

3 more replies

shortrounddev22y ago

You don't need apple silicon, llama.cpp runs just fine on Windows/x86

lagt_t2y ago

Got to try the other big offers. Bard is surprisingly getting better. Bing in creative mode is not bad, but the "typing" speed is too slow.

soulofmischief2y ago

simulosius2y ago

> I have no idea what to do right now

Well, humanity has managed to "know what to do" for thousands of years but here you are, completely lost without ChatGPT. Achievement unlocked .

soulofmischief2y ago

Alifatisk2y ago

Please do not rely on these tools, they should not be a dependency of your thinking.

My bookshelf have a 100% uptime!

soulofmischief2y ago

Next you'll tell me I shouldn't use a calculator, or a computer at all.

7 more replies

klohto2y ago

I too bring my horse everywhere. I do not rely on such devious gas monsters on 4 wheels.

willsmith722y ago

This is why wherever I travel in the world I print out paper maps of every city and village I think I might go, I don't want to get a dependency on a digital map. My paper maps have a 100% uptime.

Erikun2y ago

This is a level of dystopian helplessness I have a hard time wrapping my head around.

selfhoster112y ago

LLMs are not a bad tool, provided you control them. Using Llama 2 deployed locally is far from dystopian.

1 more reply

adorton2y ago

How do you know the information you're getting is factual?

djbusby2y ago

1 more reply

soulofmischief2y ago

I will ask you the same question about the information which you read on the internet.

Whatever your answer is, apply that to ChatGPT. It is no different.

5 more replies

nisegami2y ago

For a lot of use-cases, it actually doesn't matter that much.

hecksideci_12y ago

soulofmischief2y ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, Bing Chat leaves a bad taste in my mouth due to user agent restriction and other shitty behaviors, which I have no desire to work around.

willsmith722y ago

Is it still only in edge?

1 more reply

nickthegreek2y ago

get API access and use https://github.com/Bin-Huang/chatbox when the web UI is down.

soulofmischief2y ago

Edit: And we're back!

dingus90012y ago

Relying on chatgpt is a great way to learn everything wrong and not even know why everything you learned was wrong

orionhasyou2y ago

Skynet woke up, as per the prophecy.

johntiger12y ago

I'm using claude while it's down, and it's a fine alternative

throwing_away2y ago

The API still works. I've been using https://github.com/TheR1D/shell_gpt/ in my workflow.

dustymcp2y ago

StarterPro2y ago

And like that, production across Silicon Valley ground to a halt.

rvz2y ago

The new StackOverflow is already down.

Meanwhile, local and self-hosted LLM AIs like Llama 2, Code Llama and the derivatives have 100% uptime....

capableweb2y ago

Unless development is freezed, I don't think locally hosted LLMs have a 100% uptime, but surely the uptime is much greater than OpenAI's ChatGPT uptime at this point.

saqadri2y ago

You can use AI workbooks UI to access GPT3 and GPT4, it's still working: https://lastmileai.dev/workbooks/clk8qctki004sr1mkhv0eel64. (Full disclosure: I work on it)

willsmith722y ago

And it's back.. that was a pretty quick turn-around, I'm impressed

mpak_2y ago

It's not back

swalsh2y ago

Oh we're so back

klohto2y ago

The prophecy is 8 hours late

swader9992y ago

Just in time for back to school.

ldjkfkdsjnv2y ago

My productivity is already impacted without these tools. Three minutes in and I'm ready to stop working. These tools have infiltrated my life