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

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 never got super concerned about privacy using google for web search. So I was not using #Duckduckgo much.
but that seems to be the only #searchengine not drowning in #AI noise

Simple list of results, without ads, unobstrusive Ai,
and yes #Privacy

try it
https://duckduckgo.com/

It is crazy how much better Google’s search still is than Bing, which is what DuckDuckGo uses.

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

https://noai.duckduckgo.com

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/

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

DuckDuckGo 'Assist' search:
duckduckgo show random search result from YouTube.com :

DuckDuckGo
• Often less relevant, especially for niche topics
• May struggle to find specific videos
User Experience:
• Mixed; some users revert to Google for better results

Google
• Generally more accurate and relevant
• Generally consistent and reliable
• Typically effective in locating videos

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

DuckDuckGo Search Assistant is confusing the Samsung 990 evo with the 990 evo plus and lying in the results #DontTrustAI #DuckDuckGo #DuckAI

«DuckDuckGo incorpora un filtro de imágenes sin IA»
https://proxy.jesusysustics.com/2025/07/26734/

Aunque este tipo de filtros debería haber acompañado desde un primer momento a los generadores de imágenes con IA, se celebra que al fin un buscador añada la función. Eso sí, con muchos asteriscos porque dejan claro desde el propio DuckDuckGo que puede contener inexactitudes.

Si no fuera un problema tan grave, sería gracioso hacer una búsqueda cualquiera y comparar la cantidad de imágenes generadas por Inteligencia Artificial que se nos cuelan entre los primeros resultados. Pista: muchas.

#buscador #DuckDuckGo #filtro #imagen #InteligenciaArtificial #Internet #novedad