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

EDIT: looks like they're back.

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[-] [email protected] 60 points 1 month 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.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thought it was google with trees

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month 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.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

huh, I thought ddg had its own indexer?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

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

this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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