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Swapnil gupta
Founder startupsunio... • 2d
How the ChatGPT Outage Exposed Our Dependence on AI Tools On June 10, 2025, millions of people around the world discovered just how tied their daily routines had become to AI tools when ChatGPT suddenly went offline. For many, ChatGPT isn't a fun experiment it’s a vital assistant for work, school, and even personal tasks. In fact, at its peak, OpenAI's service had around 400 million weekly active users, and when the outage hit, more than 500,000 Google searches about the problem were logged within hours. This massive spike showed just how many jobs, homework assignments, and creative projects depend on an AI that can write, explain, and brainstorm on demand (marketwatch.com). By the time OpenAI fully restored service more than 12 hours later, the episode had laid bare a major truth- we've come to rely on ChatGPT and similar AI tools so heavily that their failure can grind our days to a halt #chatgpt #ai
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