OpenAI Overcomes DDoS Attacks to Restore ChatGPT Functionality

OpenAI's ChatGPT and API services have been experiencing periodic outages due to a DDoS attack, which has been claimed by Anonymous Sudan. The attack coincided with the release of new features on OpenAI's platform, causing high demand and service instability. Users received various error messages and were unable to access ChatGPT during the outages. OpenAI's engineering team has been working to resolve the issues, and the incident highlights the challenges of maintaining large-scale AI services. Alternative AI tools like Google Bard and Claude.ai also experienced downtime during this period.