When Bing Goes Bonkers, the Web Goes Wobbly

The web search world just got a bit weirder (and a lot less productive) thanks to a Bing bonanza. Yep, 微软 's search engine is on the fritz, causing chaos for many of the web's quirky characters.

Imagine searching for cat videos on DuckDuckGo and getting a big ol' goose egg. Or trying to get your code-writing bestie, Microsoft Copilot, to write some code, and it just stares back blankly. That's the reality for many web denizens right now, all thanks to Bing's API taking a siesta.

This whole thing is a stark reminder that the web, for all its vastness, sometimes runs on a shoestring budget. When one cog in the machine gets rusty, a whole bunch of other things go haywire. It's like that time your grandma accidentally unplugged the router during a family Zoom call—chaos ensues!

The good news? Search results seem to be slowly returning to Bing. But for those who rely on Bing's API – like the privacy-conscious folks at DuckDuckGo and Ecosia , or the ChatGPT Plus subscribers who like a little extra web search oomph – it's still a waiting game.

Microsoft? would you like to comment on this?

Oh wait, it seems you are as busy as a beehive trying to fix this whole Bing bong situation. Let's just hope things get back to normal soon because a world without smart, artificial, intelligently built content is a world we don't want to live in.