At least two customers have been told their access to Microsoft’s internet search index will be cut off if they continue to use it for their AI chatbots, Bloomberg reports.
Microsoft has told at least two rival search engines it will cut off access to its Bing search index if they don’t stop using it as the basis for their AI chatbots, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The data, essentially a map of the internet, is licensed by Microsoft to companies like Yahoo and DuckDuckGo that offer web search. In recent months, AI chatbots have taken off in popularity and usage and some customers are using the index to feed their AI chat tools.
Bloomberg did not specifically name the customers threatened with the index cut-off in its report but notes that DuckDuckGo recently launched DuckAssist, while Microsoft clients You.
