ChatGPT is experiencing outages, with users reporting performance issues and error messages like 'something went wrong.'The problems started around 9am ET / 2pm BST, with intermittent issues on both desktop and mobile versions.OpenAI is investigating the cause, with reports of increased error rates and ongoing incidents for about 2 hours.Gemini also faced minor outages, possibly due to DNS issues, coinciding with ChatGPT's problems.The demand for ChatGPT's image generator, particularly related to Studio Ghibli, is speculated to have contributed to the issues.Despite the problems, OpenAI is working on implementing fixes to improve ChatGPT's functionality.The spike in reports on Downdetector has decreased, hinting at potential improvements in service.Overall, the outage appears to be affecting users globally, with both performance and error message issues.The exact cause of the ChatGPT problems is still under investigation by OpenAI.The timing of the issues coinciding with heightened demand for AI services points towards a potential bottleneck in service capacity.