Recently,openaiChatGPT has caused a global sensation, however, just when everyone is looking forward to this intelligent conversation model, an unprecedented accident has occurred. ChatGPT and its API crashed across the board, causing the majority of users to be unable to use it normally. openaiOfficials also had to come forward to apologize and promise to speed up the process to fix the problem. This accident not only disappointed users, but also caused a lot of trouble to AI entrepreneurs. According to data from the monitoring **downdetector, the number of error reports spiked in a short period of time, and the crash lasted for nearly two hours. openaiCharacterizing the accident as a "major outage" also means that they face enormous challenges and pressures. This article will detail the causes and effects of this crash across the board.
openaiA number of exciting new features were introduced at the recent developer conference, including GPT-4Turbo, custom GPT, and the GPT Store. GPT-4Turbo supports 128K context, which is equivalent to reading 300 pages of book content, and updating the knowledge until April of this year. The custom GPT feature allows users to have a custom and exclusive skill GPT in less than 3 minutes and sell it in the store. In addition, users no longer need to manually select modes such as networking or DALL·E3, all in one tool. This series of powerful new features has attracted the attention of many users, and a large number of them have been ushered in as soon as they are launchedFlow。According toopenaiCEO Altman revealed at the developer conference that the number of ChatGPT users has reached 100 million per week, and there are more than 2 million developers among the users of the API service (more than 92% of which are from Fortune 500 companies).FlowThe King". However, such a huge oneFlowSurge, letopenaiIt was difficult to deal with, and eventually led to a situation where the whole line collapsed.
After the crash occurred, a large number of users began to ask foropenaiReport bugs, which include issues with chatgpt not working. After an hour of investigation,openaiThe official confirmation API and ChatGPT have very high error rates. Over time, the number of error reports remains high. Users have complained about not being able to use ChatGPT, and some have said they haven't received updates yet. AlthoughopenaiReady, but in the face of such a huge oneFlow, they still can't stabilize the service. After about 40 minutes of emergency repair,openaiIt was finally announced that the service had been restored. The duration of the entire crash was about two hours. openaiCharacterizing the accident as a "major outage" is the third such accident they have had this year. Judging by the accident report,openaiIt is believed that this crash was triggered by the popularity of ChatGPT's new features.
This time the collapse of the whole line not only letopenaiStuck in a difficult situation has also disappointed many users. InopenaiIn the hours following the crash, netizens made some humorous remarks to express their true feelings in their hearts. Some people say they can't work and need to type mail manually;Some people are happy and can finally relax and watch Netflix for a while. Some netizens found that Google Bard had become a spare tire, because ChatGPT could not be used, so they had to try to use Google Bard, although the tone was different from ChatGPT, but it was also used by people to relieve boredom. These humorous remarks eased the frustration of users to a certain extent, and also made the crash full of unexpected bridges.
This full-line collapse has made us realize once again that the impact of ChatGPT on people's daily work and life is huge. Both individual users and enterprise developers have high expectations for ChatGPT. However,openaiThe technical challenges are also enormous, especially in the face of a huge number of themFlowTime. AlthoughopenaiA series of measures have been taken to stabilize the service, but it is still difficult to fully cope with users of this sizeFlow。However, it has also stimulated people's curiosity and creative imagination about new featuresopenaiThe future development is full of expectations.
In summary,openaiThe collapse of ChatGPT across the board was to some extent caused by the popularity of new featuresFlowImpact. AlthoughopenaiEfforts have been made to maintain and repair services, but significant challenges remain. However, this in turn shows the deep impact of ChatGPT on people's lives and work, and at the same time, it also makes people look forward to the future development of AI.