OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot ChatGPT faced a major global outage on Monday, leaving users across several countries — including India — unable to access the service for over an hour.

The disruption quickly turned into a trending topic on social media, where users flooded platforms with memes about their sudden struggle to work without the chatbot’s help.

According to DownDetector, a real-time outage tracking website owned by Ookla, over 700 reports of ChatGPT being down were logged between 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm (IST).

Indian users from metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata were among those affected.

As work came to a halt for many, social media filled with humorous posts highlighting users’ dependence on the AI tool for everything from drafting emails to solving assig

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