DuckDuckGo’s AI is growing, but without the creepy tracking

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DuckDuckGo’s AI is growing, but without the creepy tracking

DuckDuckGo is adding more AI-powered tools while keeping its focus on privacy.

Its AI-generated answers, which were in beta, now pull information from across the web—not just Wikipedia.

The company has also upgraded its AI chatbot, Duck.ai, which is now available to all users and will soon include web search for better responses.

Key updates include:

• DuckDuckGo’s AI-generated responses will appear more often, but users can adjust how frequently they see them or turn them off completely.

• The chatbot now offers multiple AI models (GPT-4o mini, Claude 3 Haiku, Mistral Small 3, and more), with anonymous access and no data used for training.

• Duck.ai will soon support web search, voice interaction on mobile, and image uploads for analysis.

Search smarter, not creepier

Unlike OpenAI or Google, DuckDuckGo isn’t launching a separate app for its chatbot.

Instead, it wants search and chat to work together in one place, letting users switch between them smoothly.

DuckDuckGo is out here being the responsible AI parent while Google throws AI at us like confetti.