DuckDuckGo offers AI-generated answers in its search engine

DuckDuckGo has incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) into its search engine with a new tool called DuckAssist. Unlike New Bing based on ChatGPT, new tool only extracts and summarizes information from Wikipediato get more accurate answers.

DuckAssist is based on the language models of OpenAI and Anthropic. However, DuckDuckGo states that it will continue to focus on privacy and will not share personally identifiable information with these companies.

The idea is to provide more accurate and complete answers, quickly and without leaving the search page. Also, DuckDuckGo claims that the new feature is completely anonymous and free, with no sign-up required to use it.

Now, feature being tested in English only, in the company’s browsers for mobile phones and tablets, and in extensions for Firefox, Chrome and Safari browsers. If the pilot is successful, the company plans to update its knowledge base and expand the feature to other platforms.

accuracy of information

The Wikipedia platform was chosen because it offers relatively reliable information on a variety of topics.. A reduced database could help artificial intelligence have “hallucinations,” as reported in Microsoft’s New Bing.

While Wikipedia provides information resources for its articles, the data provided by DuckAssist may be inaccurate because the platform is voluntary and its texts may be out of date.

However, the tool is still under development. DuckDuckGo hopes users will be able to test the new functionality and provide anonymous feedback to improve the technology.