DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Traffic as Users Seek AI-Free Search

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DuckDuckGo is seeing a traffic surge as more users look for an AI-free search alternative. The company’s new Chrome and Firefox extensions let users set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine and avoid AI-generated answers, chat prompts, and AI-created images. DuckDuckGo says visits to its AI-free search page reached a record high after Google’s recent AI-focused search changes, and traffic has stayed well above normal. The company also plans to add similar controls to its Privacy Essentials extensions across several browsers. DuckDuckGo continues to pair its privacy search offering with an AI chatbot, model access, and a subscription bundle that includes VPN and identity protection tools.

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