Microsoft Outage Disrupts Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT

Services relying on Bing's API face widespread issues, highlighting the fragility of search engine dependencies.

Bing went offline early morning, affecting services like DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT that use its API.
Microsoft's Copilot and AI-powered tools were also impacted, causing significant service interruptions.
The outage primarily affected users in Asia and Europe, with partial restoration by morning Eastern time.
Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating the root cause, with no clear timeline for full resolution.
The incident underscores the risks of relying on a few major search engine providers.