OpenAI Pauses New Signups to Manage Overwhelming Demand

OpenAI will pause accepting new users for its paid ChatGPT Plus service due to overwhelming demand, Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said in a post on Tuesday.

Altman’s company introduced new features and upgrades at its first-ever developer conference last week, allowing users to build custom versions of ChatGPT to accomplish specific tasks. The announcements triggered a rise in demand for OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tools and services.

“The surge in usage post devday has exceeded our capacity and we want to make sure everyone has a great experience,” Altman wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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