On Tuesday, OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT experienced a widespread outage, coinciding with the announcement of India’s Lok Sabha election 2024 results. Users reported issues across social media platforms, leading to a surge of memes expressing frustration and highlighting humanity’s growing reliance on the AI platform. The outage marked the first reported disruption since OpenAI’s recent GPT-4o update, which had expanded ChatGPT’s capabilities. Despite OpenAI’s acknowledgement of the issue and promise to resolve it, users voiced their disappointment over the prolonged outage, which impacted their work and study. The incident sparked a wave of memes, emphasizing the increased dependency on ChatGPT for various tasks, from generating ideas to assisting with homework.