Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.17: How we built, update, and use our tracker blocklist to improve user privacy across the web. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

If you can’t easily turn it off, it’s not really optional.

Whatever your stance is on AI, we've made a search experience for you. YesAI.Duck.com NoAI.Duck.com

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.15: AI should be private, useful and optional. We discuss our "Yes AI / No AI" vote and the massive response it generated. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

If you voted in our Yes AI or No AI poll, you helped show that choice matters. AI should be optional, not forced. We offer two different experiences of DuckDuckGo—one with AI and one without AI—so you can use the Internet your way.

175,354 votes. We asked a simple question: Yes AI or No AI? Turns out a lot of people wanted to weigh in. With DuckDuckGo, if you don’t want AI, you can turn it off in our private search engine and browser. If you do, you can chat privately with popular chatbots using Duck AI.

Vote update 👀 If you voted, you're helping make the case that people deserve choice when it comes to AI. You should be able to decide how AI shows up for you. VoteYesOrNoAI.com

AI if you want it. No AI if you don’t. DuckDuckGo does both. Try our search experience with or without AI. YesAI.Duck.com NoAI.Duck.com

Unlike Google, this fowl-named search engine won't create a profile of you or sell your data to advertisers.

Choice 🤝 Privacy Things users want. Things companies rarely give them.

I switched to DuckDuckGo recently BECAUSE I can disable the AI slop. I don't want it, never will. voteyesornoai.com/vote/no

No judgment. Just curious 👀

The votes are rolling in! See where things stand in the public vote on AI: VoteYesOrNoAI.com Do the results so far surprise you at all?

We're taking the Live AI Public Vote to our hometown of Philly. If you're local, come see the vote live on Market street! If you haven't voted yet, head to voteyesornoai.com

The public vote on AI is still going! We're bringing the vote to you here. Make your voice heard: Are you yes or no when it comes to AI?

Which button are you hitting? Yes AI or No AI? VoteYesOrNoAI.com

At DuckDuckGo, if you want AI, you can chat privately with popular chat bots using Duck.AI. If you don’t, you can turn AI features off in our private search engine and browser. Either way, we got you covered!

The public vote on AI is live. Are you all in on AI? Hard pass? Somewhere in between? However you feel, it should be your choice. Send a message about where you stand. VoteYesOrNoAI.com

Yes AI. No AI. Which do you choose? Let us know at VoteYesOrNoAI.com.

The public vote on AI is officially live. Where do you stand? Go to VoteYesOrNoAI.com

Some want AI. Some don't. All of them got to choose how it shows up for them with DuckDuckGo. AI should be a choice.

"It’s time we did more to understand the national attitudes around AI." We agree. And we’re gonna do something about it. See you Monday 👀 www.searchlightinstitute.org/research/ame...

Most people feel like AI is being forced on them. Whether you love it, hate it, or aren't sure—you should get to decide.

🙌 There are nearly 600 custom Dax logos to unlock (and growing), depending on what you search for. Have you found a favorite?

One of our most commonly requested features is here... Generate AI images without sacrificing your privacy. Just like Duck.ai chats, the prompts are anonymized by us and never used to train the underlying model.

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.13: DuckDuckGo Donations — why we've donated more than $8M to organizations that align with our vision, and what causes we support. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.12: Hiring at DuckDuckGo: Paid test projects, no internal job titles, and our 95% retention rate. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Duck Tales 🎬 A behind-the-scenes look at DuckDuckGo Ep.11: "I love cookie pop-ups..." said no one, ever. How we're making sites less annoying + more private, with cookie pop-up protection. Full episode: insideduckduckgo.substack.com/p/duck-tales... | 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

📣 New advanced chat models have landed on Duck.ai! Unlock GPT-5.1 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 and boost your productivity with a DuckDuckGo subscription. (As always, the basic models are still free to use without a subscription.)

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