OpenAI has acknowledged a partial outage affecting ChatGPT Work, according to BleepingComputer. The report says users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start new tasks or continue running ones because of elevated errors and latency. BleepingComputer reports that the incident began at approximately 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, when OpenAI first flagged elevated latency for impacted services. In a later update cited by the outlet, OpenAI said users across multiple plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work while it continues mitigation work. Plus subscribers appear to be particularly affected, according to BleepingComputer, with Work mode unavailable for some users. The report says OpenAI identified elevated errors across the impacted services and was still working on a fix as of 12:02 PM ET. The provided material does not establish the root cause of the incident, the total number of affected users, or whether other ChatGPT surfaces beyond ChatGPT Work are affected. For now, the concrete operational impact is narrower: some ChatGPT Work users may not be able to begin or resume tasks until OpenAI restores service. Who benefits: There is no clear beneficiary from the provided facts. Users not relying on ChatGPT Work, or not on affected plans, may be less exposed, but the source does not define unaffected groups precisely. Who's exposed: ChatGPT Work users across multiple subscription plans are exposed, according to BleepingComputer’s report. Plus subscribers appear to be particularly affected because Work mode is unavailable for some users.