Hmm, new Duckduck go image filter offers up a "hide AI images" feature. Bravo! #AI #duckduckgo

What a weird snippet of a Wikipedia page!
Is that from Wikipedia or yet some more unadvised AI malarkey, I wonder?

Has anyone else noticed that #ChatGPT 5 is pretty bad? It keeps asking for details and a lot of follow up questions before commencing work. Might this be an attempt by #OpenAI to reduce the insane computational demand?

You can test the free version GPT-5 mini (along other free models) anonymously at Duck.ai (you can use it via #Tor if you don't trust #DuckDuckGo.

I started testing @kagihq paid search, signed up for the Starter plan 4 days ago.

Already used almost a third of my queries, so might switch to Unlimited.

Anyone else tried paid search? The idea is cool: features like Lens, fine-tuned settings, and other perks! But still in doubts.

If you’ve got experience with paid search, share your thoughts!

Curious if it’s worth it or if there are any catches.

If you're a #DuckDuckGo user, here's a reminder that they also have a version without #AI integration:

https://noai.duckduckgo.com

#DuckDuckGo now lets you filter AI images in your image search. Amazing.

This is, how well this works:

Currently progressing a bit further through the #optout project, I'm now looking to go haywire with email masks, but I'm struggling to choose between Firefox Relay and DuckDuckGo Email Protection. In terms of features and ease of use, Firefox Relay seems nicer, but I'm not sure how much I still trust Mozilla, both in terms of "integrity" and "not shutting down the product in the near future"

Also, just noticed that Firefox Relay has a waitlist... uh...

For those that missed the news: European search engines Qwant and Ecosia are starting to use their own web index in order to reduce their dependency on Bing.

Try them out:
https://www.qwant.com/
https://www.ecosia.org/

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ecosia-and-Qwant-launch-web-search-via-European-index-10513567.html

#DuckDuckGo: Try #PrivacyPro for 7 Days with New Free Trials

https://spreadprivacy.com/privacy-pro-free-trials/

#DuckDuckGo search results are degrading. Ai is totally off in my settings. Yet machine aggregated junk is right up there in the top results. To the point of it becoming unusable.

What's the deal, Ducky?

With #DuckDuckGo being #enshittified, I just randomly decided to see if some ancient search engines are still alive. Sure enough, there are a few throwback engines still going strong.

#Lycos: Alive and well! I don't see much enshittification, it's clean.

#Dogpile: Also seems clean and functional

#Excite: Clean, but has ads in the results.
#enshittification #aislop

Lately I've been using DuckDuckGo search, since I've given up Google's AI search that can't get anything right.

I turned off AI in the DuckDuckGo search preferences ... and I have noticed that the search results items usually have sentences beginning with "Learn about" or "Discover", sentences that do not appear on the indicated web page. Sentences that, apparently, were written by some AI LLM. Even though I told it to shut off AI.

Anybody else seen this behavior?
#DuckDuckGo #AI

Love DuckDuckGo. Not only can you watch YouTube videos without ads or other distractions, you're also able to switch off AI-generated images, Duck AI, and Search Assist if you prefer a 'normal' search experience.

Better for the planet. Better for your brain.

#DuckDuckGo
#NoAI #GenerativeAI

#Duckduckgo now has an #AI block feature! It's not perfect, but it is a step in the right direction.
@GottaLaff

Search result summary vs actual webpage...