Request to https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions failed, reason: unable to verify the first certificate

Hello, iam using chatgpt extension genie AI extension from visual studio code, which is working fine with open API key on my laptop and facing issue when using on company laptop, it was working until today, i have retried using new api key and reinstalling visual studio code as well, nothing worked any other suggestions to fix it : on windows machine, iam getting below error :
request to https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions failed, reason: unable to verify the first certificate

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Sounds like a firewall/SSL issue on the work machine?

Thanks paul, is it blocked by firewall , is there any way to allow chat gpt api calls.

Sounds like you’ll need to talk to your IT people? They’re the ones with the way to unlock it for you. Good luck!