A number of companies are affected by an ongoing outage at Microsoft. The major search engines Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and Qwant, all of which rely to various levels on Bing, are affected. That is additionally the case for Microsoft Copilot generative AI and ChatGPT internet search. The Copilot cellular app is caught on the beginning display, whereas a search with DuckDuckGo returns no outcomes, for instance.
DuckDuckGo is in hassle proper now. Picture MacGeneration.
The outage began a couple of hours in the past. Microsoft acknowledged an issue accessing Copilot. OpenAI et Ecosia additionally confirmed a malfunction.
If in case you have chosen Bing, DuckDuckGo or Ecosia as your default search engine in Safari, you may change it (briefly) to Google or Yahoo within the browser settings.
Up to date at 4:04 p.m.: Issues are getting again to regular. Searches work once more on Bing, DuckDuckGo and Ecosia. The Copilot utility, alternatively, nonetheless has just a little hassle beginning.