ChatGPT rival Kognitium poaches users from AI website and claims to be experiencing high traffic as widespread outage continues
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As the ChatGPT outage continues, it seems frustrated users are making their way to alternative platforms.
Little-known chatbot site Kognitium claims to be experiencing 'high traffic' due to the outage, which has affected ChatGPT since around 8am BST.
Kognitium, owned by a California company of the same name, hasn't disclosed exact traffic numbers, but tells users 'you may not need to use ChatGPT anymore'.
In an X post, Kognitium said: 'We are working hard to keep things running smoothly.
'We apologize if the performance has been less than ideal.
Little-known chatbot site Kognitium claims to be experiencing 'high traffic' due to the ChatGPT outage
According to its website, Kognitium launched in December as an 'advanced AI platform' crafted to provide 'insightful and precise information'
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'Thank you for your patience and understanding.'
Of course, Kognitium – one of the numerous chatbot alternatives – may be trying to capitalize on ChatGPT's problems with a well-timed post.
According to its website, Kognitium launched in December as an 'advanced AI platform' crafted to provide 'insightful and precise information'.
Its 'meticulously crafted' responses are always up-to-date and have 'high accuracy', it claims, which may set it apart from the likes of ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, which tend to deliver incorrect information.
Thousands are being forced to do without ChatGPT or head to alternative chatbots on Monday due to the ongoing ChatGPT outage.
People took to X (Twitter) to share their frustration at having to 'think for themselves' and use their brains in the absence of the AI tool.
On X, one user said: 'ChatGPT is down! How dare they force me to think for myself!!!'
Someone else posted: 'I'm asking ChatGPT why it's not working but I'm not getting an answer!'
ChatGPT has been hit with a major outage this morning, with users unable to access the app or website
On X (Twitter) one user said: 'ChatGPT is down! How dare they force me to think for myself!!!'
Yet another user on X said 'the way it impacts my life so much is nuts. According to Tooltester, ChatGPT received an average of 13 million unique visitors per day in January 2023
Just like with most network outages, people have rushed to X (Twitter) to see if everyone else is experiencing the same thing
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Another person posted: 'i’ve reached a new low, chatgpt is down and i came running to twitter to check if it really was the way it impacts my life so much is nuts.'
Yet another posted: 'ChatGPT is down, and it's totally ruining my morning. I really need to stop relying on this thing so much.'
According to DownDetector, hundreds of people globally have been affected since about 8am BST.
Down Detector gets network status updates from various sources including social media and reports submitted to its website.
The site reveals that 79 per cent of those affected said they had problems with ChatGPT generally.
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People are joking that they're having to use their brains until ChatGPT becomes available again
According to DownDetector, hundreds of people globally have been affected since about 8am BST
Meanwhile, others were more specific – 15 per cent said they had trouble with the app and 6 per cent were unable to use the website.
OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has acknowledged the outage with a statement saying: 'We are currently investigating this issue.'
On OpenAI's official ChatGPT status page, the firm said: 'ChatGPT is unavailable for some users.'
It continued: 'We are currently investigating this issue.'
MailOnline has contacted OpenAI for further comment about the cause of the outage and how many people have been affected.