Is ChatGPT Down?

MODEL RETIREMENTS IN CHATGPT (announced 2026-06-02/03): **GPT-4.5 leaves ChatGPT on June 27, 2026** (30-day sunset) and **o3 leaves ChatGPT on August 26, 2026** (90-day sunset) -- ChatGPT-only changes, no API impact. Announced alongside a GPT-5.5 Instant upgrade: improved factual reliability, a memory 'dreaming' auto-update mechanism, and 2x memory capacity for Plus/Pro. If you have workflows or Custom GPTs that depend on GPT-4.5 or o3 behavior in the ChatGPT product, migrate before the dates

PLATFORM DEPRECATION CLUSTER (2026-06-02/03): OpenAI deprecated three developer-platform products in one announcement -- **Agent Builder shuts down 2026-11-30** (ChatKit is the designated alternative), **Evals platform shuts down 2026-11-30** (existing evals go read-only 10/31), and the **`v1/prompts` reusable-prompt API shuts down 2026-11-30**. Separately, **gpt-image-1-mini, gpt-image-1.5, and chatgpt-image-latest leave the API 2026-12-01** (replacement: gpt-image-2). One pricing improvement: container sessions now bill per-minute with a 5-minute minimum instead of the full 20-minute session rate

DISTRIBUTION SHIFT (2026-06-08, ships fall 2026): Apple's iOS 27 'Extensions' framework ends ChatGPT's exclusive position as the third-party AI inside Apple Intelligence -- users will be able to pick Claude, Gemini, or any provider implementing Apple's LanguageModel protocol as the model behind Siri, Writing Tools, and Image Playground. ChatGPT remains a selectable option, but the 2024-era exclusive integration deal is structurally over. Net risk to OpenAI's default-assistant distribution on ~2B Apple devices once iOS 27 ships this fall

PRODUCT (2026-05-15): OpenAI launched **Personal Finance in ChatGPT** -- a US-only Pro-tier feature (with rollout to Plus pending feedback) that connects bank, brokerage, credit-card, and lending accounts to ChatGPT via Plaid for natural-language money queries, budget tracking, and spending analysis. Coverage: 12,000+ financial institutions including Schwab, Fidelity, Chase, Robinhood, Amex, Capital One. ChatGPT can answer questions like 'how much did I spend on takeout last month' or 'do I have enough cash to make a big purchase' across the linked accounts, with the data scoped to your account and not used for training per OpenAI's launch post. Strong differentiator vs Gemini / Claude which have no comparable consumer-finance surface. Material because (a) it deepens the moat for ChatGPT Pro as the daily-driver paid AI, (b) it gives OpenAI bank-grade structured data to layer agentic actions on later (transfer money, pay bills) without scraping, (c) it pulls personal-finance app vertical into the AI assistant category -- Monarch, Copilot Money, YNAB now have an LLM-native competitor with a 4M+ Codex-user-scale distribution channel

PRODUCT (2026-05-14): OpenAI launched **Codex on mobile** -- the Codex coding agent is now integrated into the ChatGPT mobile app (iOS + Android), preview, all plans. Users can monitor, approve, and manage Codex coding sessions from phone while files / credentials / local setup stay on the host machine. Concurrent launches: **Remote SSH** (Codex can SSH into your machines from the cloud), **Hooks** (programmable callbacks at each step of Codex execution), **programmatic access tokens** for business / enterprise, and **HIPAA-compliant Codex** on ChatGPT Enterprise. OpenAI disclosed **4M+ weekly Codex users**. Vendor primary: openai.com/index/work-with-codex-from-anywhere/. Material for the broader 'where do you sit when you're driving an AI coding agent' question -- Claude Code shipped Remote Agents at the 5/6 Code with Claude keynote (laptop control from phone); OpenAI shipped Codex mobile + Remote SSH today; Cursor shipped MS Teams integration 5/11 + cloud Dev Environments 5/13. The 'agent goes where you go' battle is escalating fast

API DEPRECATION (2026-05-08): OpenAI added a new entry to the deprecation page -- **gpt-5.2-chat-latest** and **gpt-5.3-chat-latest** model snapshots are scheduled to retire. These are distinct from the 4/22 legacy snapshot batch (gpt-5-chat-latest + gpt-5.1-codex retire 7/23; o1-2024-12-17 + ft-gpt-3.5-turbo + ft-gpt-4 retire 10/23) -- the 5/8 entry covers the GPT-5.2 / GPT-5.3 'chat-latest' rolling-pointer snapshots specifically. If you have code or fine-tunes pinned to either snapshot ID, schedule migration. Replacement guidance per the deprecation page: move to the current 'chat-latest' alias (which routes to GPT-5.5) or pin a versioned snapshot ID for stability