Microsoft Bing issue takes down Copilot, ChatGPT search; users report widespread outage

Microsoft Bing Search is currently down and inaccessible to many users, who are reporting difficulties in looking up information online. The outage also affects Microsoft Copilot, the GPT-4 powered AI chatbot.

According to Downdetector.com, the issue has been ongoing for several hours, but Microsoft has not yet provided an explanation for the outage or a timeline for restoring service.