Despite efforts to resolve the issue, it caused inconvenience for those who rely on these services.
Microsoft acknowledged the issues, confirming users were unable to access Microsoft Copilot. The company is investigating the cause of the problem and providing updates in their admin center under CP795190.
Microsoft services, including Copilot and Bing, experienced outages on May 23, 2024.
Multiple sources reported the outages impacted ChatGPT's web search feature as well as DuckDuckGo and Ecosia search engines that rely on Bing's API.
The incidents began around 3 AM ET and affected users in Europe and Asia.
The outages lasted for several hours before services began coming back online around 7:20 AM PT.
Multiple sources reported that several Microsoft services, including Copilot and Bing, experienced outages on May 23, 2024. The incidents began around 3 AM ET and affected users in Europe and Asia. The outages also impacted ChatGPT's web search feature as well as DuckDuckGo and Ecosia search engines that rely on Bing's API.
Microsoft acknowledged the issues, confirming that users were unable to access the Microsoft Copilot service. The company is investigating the cause of the problem and providing updates in their admin center under CP795190.
The outages lasted for several hours before services began coming back online around 7:20 AM PT. Despite Microsoft's efforts to resolve the issue, it caused inconvenience for those who rely on these services, especially given that Microsoft had two major events this week - the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 launch and its annual Build conference.
The exact cause of the outage remains unclear. However, it is important to note that such incidents are not uncommon in the tech industry, and they can have far-reaching consequences due to the interdependency of various services.
Microsoft outage affected search capabilities for ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms on Thursday morning.
Issues began around 3AM ET and were linked to Bing’s API.
OpenAI posted a note indicating the issue had been resolved for ChatGPT by 10:10 PM PT on May 22nd.
DuckDuckGo and Ecosia, which rely on Bing’s API, were unable to load search results during the outage.
Accuracy
Bing’s web search engine was also affected but came back online eventually.
Microsoft’s Copilot displayed a loading loop preventing users from accessing the service.
ChatGPT displayed an error message when users attempted to make a search inquiry.
Deception
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Fallacies
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The author is reporting on facts and events without making any fallacious statements. However, there are a few instances of inflammatory rhetoric that slightly lower the score. For example, the phrase 'Microsoft outage took down' implies blame towards Microsoft for the outage which may not be entirely accurate.
]Microsoft outage took down[
services that rely on Bing’s API are displaying error messages.
Bing's market share has remained low despite Microsoft investing heavily in the service and adding AI capabilities.
The failure of Bing may result in an exodus of users to alternative platforms, which Microsoft cannot afford.
Bing's downtime caused DuckDuckGo and web search services from ChatGPT Plus to also be affected.
Accuracy
Microsoft's Bing is experiencing outages in Europe, affecting services like Copilot.
Issues began around 0846 UTC and parts of the service have been down for several hours.
Deception
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Fallacies
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The article contains a mix of formal and informal fallacies. It includes an underreported event with a lack of specifics regarding the extent of the outage and its impact on Microsoft's reputation and customers. The author also makes light of the situation with inflammatory rhetoric, such as referring to Bing's market share as 'infamously low' and suggesting that users may be leaving for alternative platforms. Additionally, there is an appeal to authority in the form of referencing Microsoft's official statement.
. . . parts of Microsoft's Bing are still offline in Europe after it fell over earlier this morning, taking down Copilot and anything else that depends on the search service's API.
By our reckoning, large parts of the service have been down for a few hours at the time of publication, and not many people seem to have noticed.
Microsoft confirmed that there were problems with a Xeet at 0846 UTC, noting "an issue where users may be unable to access the Microsoft Copilot service."
Bing’s search engine is experiencing issues as of May 23rd, 2024.
Bing’s application programming interface (API) is also affected by the outage.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
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Deception
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None Found At Time Of
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Fallacies
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The article mentions that Bing's API is causing issues for other services such as DuckDuckGo and Microsoft Copilot. This is an example of a Dependency Fallacy, where the author assumes that because one thing (Bing's API) affects another (DuckDuckGo and Microsoft Copilot), it must be the cause of their issues. However, there are no other fallacies present in the article.
Bing's application programming interface (API), which means that other services that rely on Bing aren't working properly.
