DDG has an entrypoint with AI features disabled at https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
replyhow long will that last and be given effort?
replythe direction they want to go is clear for me, similar to proton
No student is going to use that over the default.
replyThe point is that if a school wants to use DDG but not AI, DDG is going to happily oblige them, not pull this stunt like Google.
replyYears ago Google did the same thing for “safe search”, a url schools could allow.
replyI turned off all Ai features, then DDG added their search summaries, despite my setting for no ai
replyDDG pulls stunts too
I'm moving to API based search options, using multiple, and rendering them as markdown for myself or my agent
Source: you made it up.
replyDuckduckgo's AI search feature is utterly worthless. Brave Search does a much better job (that is, if you don't mind 50+ captchas per week).
replyI won't touch brave or anything the crypto ecosystem
replyI'm using API search like EXA, the incentives feel more aligned