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Search capabilities for ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms aren’t working properly right now due to a Microsoft outage that appears to be related to the Bing application programming interface (API). Sites and services are either completely unavailable or only intermittently responding at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The issues \u2014 which began around 3AM ET \u2014 appear to be linked to Bing\u2019s API and any service that relies upon it. While Microsoft\u2019s own web search engine Bing was also seemingly affected earlier, according to Techcrunch<\/em><\/a>, the service now appears to be correctly loading search results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Other search engines like DuckDuckGo and Ecosia, which rely on Bing\u2019s API, are unable to load any search results. Microsoft\u2019s Copilot is also experiencing similar issues, displaying a loading loop that prevents users from accessing the service. ChatGPT, which allows Plus subscribers to perform web searches, is similarly displaying an error message when users attempt to make a search enquiry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Microsoft has acknowledged the loading issues with its Copilot service, saying it\u2019s \u201cworking to isolate the cause of the issue.\u201d Meanwhile, Microsoft\u2019s service health platform<\/a> doesn\u2019t flag any other service outages currently. OpenAI<\/a> and Ecosia<\/a> have confirmed that they are experiencing issues with their platform’s search features, and OpenAI says it\u2019s also investigating the issue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n