Yesterday, many netizens went to GitHub and found that they could not access it.
For a moment, GitHub's inaccessibility caused an uproar among domestic developers. Now, they have finally received an official response—
For users who are not logged in, access was temporarily blocked, mainly due to an unexpected configuration change.
The impact began at UTC time 2025-04-12 20:01 and was lifted at UTC time 2025-04-13 14:55.
The official statement said, "The configuration change that caused this impact has been revoked, and users will no longer encounter problems when accessing GitHub".
The good news is that everyone can now happily develop on GitHub again.
The bad news is that OpenAI API has introduced strict new policies—the "Verified Organization" process.
To become a "Verified Organization", several key conditions must be met:
The applying organization must have a valid government ID from a country/region supported by OpenAI API
90 days is one cycle, and each ID can only provide certification for one organization
Not all organizations are eligible for verification
This API policy change by OpenAI could have a wide-ranging impact on the global AI ecosystem.
OpenAI API Organization Verification
In the OpenAI announcement, specific details were provided on how to verify API organizations to unlock access to their most advanced models.
What is API Organization Verification?
Developers can unlock access to the most advanced models and features on the OpenAI platform through the "Verified Organization" status.
Regarding why this policy was introduced, OpenAI provided the following reasons:
OpenAI has always seriously fulfilled its responsibilities, committed to ensuring the broad accessibility and safe use of AI. Unfortunately, a small number of developers have deliberately violated OpenAI API's usage policies. We are adding this verification process to reduce unsafe AI usage while continuing to provide advanced models to a broader developer community.
The verification process takes only a few minutes and has no spending requirements. Increasing usage levels will continue to unlock higher rate limits applicable to various models.
What conditions need to be met?
As mentioned earlier, to become a verified organization, three points must be satisfied:
Provide a valid identity document issued by a country/region on OpenAI's support list.
Each identity document can only be used to verify one organization every 90 days.
Not all organizations are eligible for verification. You can check again later to confirm whether verification has been opened to your organization.
For example, our account cannot pass the verification...
Why conduct organization verification?
Through verification, developers can unlock access to advanced models and additional features on the OpenAI platform, thereby leveraging the latest artificial intelligence technological advances.
What to do if the system indicates verification is unavailable?
If verification is currently unavailable:
Developers can continue to use the OpenAI platform and existing models as usual.
Models currently requiring verification may be opened to all customers in the future, at which point verification might not be necessary.
Which countries/regions are supported?
OpenAI supports identity documents issued by over 200 countries/regions. The best way to confirm whether your country/region is supported is to directly start the verification process.
The interface after successful verification is shown in the following image.
References:
https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/jfvgcls9swln
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10910291-api-organization-verification
This article is from the WeChat public account "New Intelligence", author: New Intelligence, editor: Peach, Sleepy, published by 36kr with authorization.
