We are using the most recent full Wikipedia download available, which is at most a few weeks old. Think questions like “what is a search engine index?” rather than more subjective questions like “what is the best search engine?”. Weinberg highlights that DuckAssist is private, there’s no sign-up required, and it’s available now.ĭuckDuckGo is planning to launch more AI-assisted features “in the coming months.” And if the DuckAssist beta goes well, it will officially be added to the browser “in the coming weeks.” What should you expect from DuckAssist?įor the beta, DuckAssist is designed to be best for answering more objective, straightforward questions.įor this initial trial, DuckAssist is most likely to appear in our search results when users search for questions that have straightforward answers in Wikipedia. As shown above, the “Instant Answer” feature may show up for certain searches at the top with an “Ask” button to get the natural AI response.ĭuckAssist uses technology from both OpenAI and Anthropic and will summarize answers from Wikipedia “and occasionally related sites like Britannica - using DuckDuckGo’s active indexing.” With that in mind, DuckDuckGo has launched the first version of DuckAssist in beta for all users. But no matter how we decide to use this new technology, we want it to add clear value to our private search and browsing experience. At DuckDuckGo, we’ve been trying to understand the difference between what it could do well in the future and what it can do well right now. Generative artificial intelligence is hitting the world of search and browsing in a big way. DuckAssist was designed with the goal of offering “more directly responsive” answers to questions summarized from Wikipedia and similar sources.ĭuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg shared the news in a blog post this morning.
The approach to AI is different from what we’ve seen from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s broad focus. DuckDuckGo is out today with an update that brings a beta of a new feature called DuckAssist.
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