Why are ChatGPT and Codex down today? Users say Codex is not giving status, ChatGPT not loading past chats

ChatGPT down reason: OpenAI's popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently facing a massive global outage. Users in India and the United States are reporting issues. The AI platform is showing errors, refusing to respond, and failing to load past chats. Millions of users worldwide are affected. OpenAI has not yet confirmed the reason for the widespread disruption.