Privacy -oriented search engine Duckduckgo takes important steps to expand the search features of artificial intelligence. The company has announced that the artificial intelligence -supported answers it offers for specific searches are now coming out of the Beta process. Previously based on certain sources such as Wikipedia, these answers have now been developed to collect information from different corners of the Internet. In addition, Duckduckgo’s artificial intelligence chat boat Duck.ai has completed the beta phase and will soon support the web search.
Duckduuckgo introduced artificial intelligence -backed answers for the first time in 2023 as “Duckassist”. This system, which is presented as an alternative to features such as Google’s artificial intelligence summary, enabled users to receive shorter and concise answers, while providing the opportunity to determine how often these answers will be shown. Even if users set this feature as “frequently ,, the answers were shown only about 20 percent. The company aims to increase this rate in the future.
Gabriel Weinberg, CEO and founder of Duckduuckgo, said in a statement that this system will be cautiously developed. Weinberg said, “We want to increase this over time. However, we do not want to bring users in any case. If we don’t think it’s right, it would be better not to show it, ”he said.
Duckduuckgo’s new artificial intelligence -supported answers direct users to the Duck.ai chat boat where they can get more information. There is no need to create any account to use Duck.ai, and the boat offers a structure that gives priority to privacy. Users can interact with these models anonymously by switching between different artificial intelligence models such as GPT-4O Mini, O3-Mini, Llama 3.3, Mistral Small 3 and Claude 3 Haiku. Duckduckgo, thanks to the agreements with the companies behind these models, user data is not used for artificial intelligence training.
Duck.ai continues to gain new features with the release of the beta process. With the “Recent Chats, which is a chat history feature, users’ previous speeches are stored directly on Duckduckgo’s servers, not directly on their devices. In the coming weeks, web search support will be added to Duck.ai, so that the boat will provide more comprehensive responses. The company also plans to commission the audio interaction feature on iPhone and Android devices. Users will also be able to upload images and ask questions about these visuals.
The company’s future plans include access to more advanced artificial intelligence models with paid subscription option. Although Duck.ai is completely free in the current situation, it is evaluated to provide access to more powerful artificial intelligence models with a monthly subscription of $ 9.99.
Duckduuckgo is not hot to develop a separate mobile application for Duck.ai
On the other hand, Duckduuckgo does not look hot on the idea of developing a separate mobile application for artificial intelligence chat boat. CEO Weinberg, artificial intelligence -backed search and chat boots on a single platform, said that the integrated work offers a better experience. “It may make sense to start a direct conversation for some calls, and for others, the classic search is a better start. However, it is often necessary to switch between the two. Therefore, we think that the presence of all these features in a single application offers a better user experience, ”he said.
The artificial intelligence features of Duckduuckgo can be used via Duck.ai website, Duckduckgo browser and Duckduckgo search engine. The development of artificial intelligence -supported search and chat features can help the company to increase competition by prioritizing user privacy.