It is neither, their AI search features only optional at this stage. It is one of the most private implementations of AI that I’ve seen though.
It is one of the most private implementations of AI that I’ve seen though.
Based on what information/criteria?
Privacy policies.
If it’s as private as they claim it shouldn’t be an issue.
Try SearXNG. SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, SearXNG can be used over Tor for online anonymity.
Duckduckgo is also available on Tor. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=duckduckgo+onion&t=fpas&ia=web
As is Startpage now.
Startpage is owned by an advertising company
And DDG is on record for censorship and caving to Microsoft. They also both provide results based off MS and Google results.
Neither are ideal. It’s why only use them as a fallback. Brave Search all the way.
I very, very strongly disagree.
It’s neither. Why do you expect they calculating an answer to have any impact at privacy?
I mean DDG search is safe, but my search results and search queries are going through AI, who knows they are collecting it
DDG already sends your search query to third parties. What they don’t send is your identity.
(Or, at least they say they don’t, whether you trust them is your option. Any 3rd party can betray your trust.)
Anyway, that image implies an in-house implementation.
It only goes through their Wikipedia LLM if you push that button
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