OpenAI Experiences Outage During Busy "12 Days of OpenAI" Event

OpenAI experiences major outage impacting ChatGPT, Sora, and API services.
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OpenAI Experiences Outage During Busy "12 Days of OpenAI" Event
OpenAI, a leading research company in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), faced a significant service disruption on December 11th, 2024. This outage impacted their popular large language model ChatGPT, the recently launched video generation tool Sora, and their developer API. The outage began around 3:00 PM PST and lasted for several hours, with most services restored by 9:00 PM PST. While the exact cause of the issue remains undisclosed, OpenAI acknowledged the problem and kept users updated on their progress towards a fix through their official Twitter account and status page. Impact on Users and New Integrations This outage coincided with the fifth day of OpenAI's "12 Days of OpenAI" event, a festive initiative where the company unveils new products leading up to the holiday season. During this period, OpenAI had already launched several exciting advancements, including the full release of their o1 reasoning model, a reinforcement fine-tuning research program, up…