Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has seen a surge in demand for its "No AI" search option in the wake of Google's May 19th I/O announcements. Google debuted a new "intelligent" search box reimagined with AI. It features AI suggestions as an upgrade to autocomplete, support for follow-up questions, expanded Personal Intelligence for connecting Gmail and Google Photos, and Search agents.
DDG with AI turned off is the search engine for 2026.
Been using it for slightly over a year, I think. Hadn’t encountered any major issues worth complaining about. Also, it’s free, which is kind of a big deal for someone from a low income country.
Never thought I’d love to see people so hot for Bing.
Nothing wrong with Bing once you remove all the Microsoft from it.
They’re actually still collecting data from it.
Bing with no AI and no tracking isn’t in itself bad, is the thing. Neither would Google be.
What google once was