Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools

Microsoft reportedly orders AI chatbot rivals to stop using Bing’s search data

Microsoft has told some of the search engines that it licenses Bing’s data to that it will revoke access if they don’t stop using it to power their own AI tools, according to a report from Bloomberg.

Microsoft threatens to cut off data from rival AI search engines: Report

Microsoft has threatened to restrict access to its internet-search data that it licenses to rival search engines if they do not stop using it as the basis for their artificial intelligence (AI) chat products, the news agency Bloomberg reported early Saturday (March 25) citing sources. Microsoft licenses the data in its Bing search index, a map of the internet that can be quickly scanned in real-time, to other companies that offer web searches su…

Microsoft threatens to cut off access to data from rival AI search tools

These search chatbots aim to combine the conversational skills of ChatGPT with the information provided by a conventional search engine

Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools

Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools to rivals saying it violates the terms of their contract.

Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools: Report

Microsoft had said in February it was revamping its Bing search engine and Edge Web browser with artificial intelligence.

Microsoft threatens to restrict Bing’s internet data from rival AI search tools

Microsoft has told at least two licensee firms that using its Bing search index to feed their artificial intelligence chat tools violates the terms of their contract, according to people familiar with the dispute.