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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by toaster@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

screenshot of searching "test" in start page that doesn't return any results

EDIT: looks like they're back.

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[-] AbidingOhmsLaw@lemmy.ml 60 points 2 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing API services (the source of DuckDuckGo’s search data) went down at approx 3am ET and has not yet returned to service. Bing, DuckDuckGo, CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago

Ecosia was affected too. It's Bing with trees.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Thought it was google with trees

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.

That's sad, since one would logically expect any AI to get better if it loses access to Bing search results.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

huh, I thought ddg had its own indexer?

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Only for the instant answers. The regular results are all bing

this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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