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Apple Launches iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 with ChatGPT Integration as OpenAI Faces Global Outage

Dec 12, 2024, 01:13 AM

Apple has launched iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2, introducing new Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and Mac users, including the integration of ChatGPT into Siri, enhancing the virtual assistant with advanced AI capabilities. The update also includes Genmoji, allowing users to create custom emojis using artificial intelligence. Following the release, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Sora services experienced a global outage, with users worldwide unable to access them for over two hours. OpenAI confirmed the issue, stating they have identified the cause and are working on a fix. The outage also affected OpenAI's API, impacting applications that rely on it.