# ChatGPT Image Generation Stops Working Across The Globe, OpenAI Investigating Disruption

_Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM EDT · Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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ChatGPT's image generation tool has hit a temporary outage with OpenAI investigating the disruption. The service status dashboard shows the issue is under investigation and users are experiencing difficulties creating AI-generated visuals while text-based functions remain accessible. OpenAI has not shared a timeline for when the feature will be fully restored. The image generation tool is powered by DALL-E technology and generates more than 1.5 billion images weekly, with India leading global usage for this integrated feature.

## Sources

- [news.abplive.com](https://news.abplive.com/technology/chatgpt-outage-not-working-image-generation-stops-working-across-the-globe-openai-investigating-disruption-1857814)

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