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Are you looking for a cleaner, AI-free search experience?

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  • raymaccarthy@mastodon.ieR raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

    @wiredfire @mjdxp @nixCraft
    I tried DDG AI on stuff I knew the answers to. Unlike real search it produced plausible rubbish, or possibly answers for a different question.

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    @raymaccarthy @mjdxp @nixCraft It’s still just chatgpt or mistral or Claude etc depending on the model you chose. But my point is if someone’s going to use AI they’re better off using DDG’s gateway than going direct.

    It’s still drivel, of course, but choice remains a good thing and giving people a route to play with LLMs without signing their digital life away isn’t a terrible idea.

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    • nixcraft@mastodon.socialN nixcraft@mastodon.social

      Are you looking for a cleaner, AI-free search experience? DuckDuckGo makes its "no-AI" search engine easier to access as its traffic booms

      * No AI Search https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
      * DuckDuckGo No-AI Search Chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/duckduckgo-no-ai-search/faoilnlkccdjdkpljainiiimmijofmpd
      * DuckDuckGo No-AI Search Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-no-ai-search/

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      @nixCraft Waterfox is better

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      • nixcraft@mastodon.socialN nixcraft@mastodon.social

        Are you looking for a cleaner, AI-free search experience? DuckDuckGo makes its "no-AI" search engine easier to access as its traffic booms

        * No AI Search https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
        * DuckDuckGo No-AI Search Chrome extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/duckduckgo-no-ai-search/faoilnlkccdjdkpljainiiimmijofmpd
        * DuckDuckGo No-AI Search Firefox extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-no-ai-search/

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        @nixCraft noai DDG rewrites links to noai DDG ones for "reasons unknown".

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        • raymaccarthy@mastodon.ieR raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie

          @mjdxp @nixCraft
          I switched from DuckDuckGo to Qwant. No AI & European.

          I don't miss Google or DuckDuckGo (MS Bing based?)

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          @raymaccarthy @mjdxp @nixCraft Really? I have Quant as my default search because afaik they are the only ones with their own engine, but it seems they introduced AI results recently. I can turn them off but Quant "forgets" my settings every once in a while, so it is really annoying.

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