EDIT: looks like they're back.
EDIT: looks like they're back.
This definitely makes me confused. I thought their whole thing was that they were a proxy for google results??
Microsoft’s Bing API services (the source of DuckDuckGo’s search data) went down at approx 3am ET and has not yet returned to service. Bing, DuckDuckGo, CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.
CoPilot, ChatGPT and more are unable to use the Bing services so in turn are also not working or not working fully.
That's sad, since one would logically expect any AI to get better if it loses access to Bing search results.
This is the moment in Scooby-Doo where the gang unmasks the person they've just caught and underneath is just the Microsoft Bing logo
Why? Because it is down or because you just noticed that is is basicly just a Bing-Proxy?
Probably because it's down. I for one am surprised they have no failover for when Bing goes down.
https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/
Brave is a series scammer. Always has been, always will be.
It seemed to be out last night for me. Came up with no results for some really basic searches
Yes. It even interrupted a flashing procedure of a device of mine and almost bricked it
Its quite embarrassing you've asked this, tbh. Obviously you've never run
dd if=$(while :; do curl bing.com/q=$RANDOM; done) of=/dev/sda1
and I think that's sad.
Idk why it happened. Maybe the program uses that API to find new firmware versions. It was stuck at the beginning of the procedure
The flashing app detected the device. The next step was downloading firmware and it was stuck on it for minutes (usually it takes a second or two). I almost ended up rebooting the device (which could absolutely brick it) but fortunately it found the firmware. Then I tested DDG to see if it was up. I don't really remember if it was but I think it was working for a few seconds
why don't they just build their own indexer and AI crawler... Brave is newer yet surpassed both of them
yes, this is why I love Brave search! the only privacy search engine with their own indexer.
correct, but brave is not only shittier, but it is also an active saboteur to the cause.