OpenAI Faces Delays Due to High Demand, Says CEO Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announces delays in product releases due to overwhelming demand and capacity challenges.

So, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, just dropped some news on X that’s got everyone talking. Turns out, their new image-generation feature in ChatGPT is blowing up way more than anyone expected. Like, way more. Altman’s basically saying, ‘Hey, we’re on it, but buckle up for some bumps—slower service, maybe a few hiccups, and updates taking a bit longer than we’d like.’ But don’t worry, the team’s burning the midnight oil to smooth things out.

This image tool? It’s a game-changer, letting users whip up art that looks like it stepped right out of a Studio Ghibli film. Cool, right? But here’s the kicker: since it launched, demand’s been through the roof. The team’s been pulling all-nighters just to keep the lights on.

And get this—ChatGPT’s growth is nuts. We’re talking a million new users in an hour, hitting 500 million weekly users and 20 million paying subscribers. Yeah, that’s a lot of zeros.

So, what’s the plan? For now, non-paying folks will have to wait a bit longer for the image tool, and new Sora users won’t get video generation right away. It’s all hands on deck to keep things running while they scale up.