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Wikipedia + AI = truth? DuckDuckGo hopes so with new answerbot

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 8 March, 2023 - 19:50

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a cyborg duck. (credit: Ars Technica)

Not to be left out of the rush to integrate generative AI into search, on Wednesday DuckDuckGo announced DuckAssist , an AI-powered factual summary service powered by technology from Anthropic and OpenAI. It is available for free today as a wide beta test for users of DuckDuckGo’s browser extensions and browsing apps. Being powered by an AI model, the company admits that DuckAssist might make stuff up but hopes it will happen rarely.

Here's how it works: If a DuckDuckGo user searches a question that can be answered by Wikipedia, DuckAssist may appear and use AI natural language technology to generate a brief summary of what it finds in Wikipedia, with source links listed below. The summary appears above DuckDuckGo's regular search results in a special box.

The company positions DuckAssist as a new form of "Instant Answer"—a feature that prevents users from having to dig through web search results to find quick information on topics like news, maps, and weather. Instead, the search engine presents the Instant Answer results above the usual list of websites.

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Survey: Concerns about #children’s online #security

Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Saturday, 1 May, 2021 - 18:48

If the French service Qwant.com is set as the #search provider in your web #browser (Firefox, Iridium...), it may occur that it shows a message telling it's not "available" in your region. This can happen if you're using TOR, a VPN, or for other reasons.

To circumvent this, you may :

Go to the search bar (CTRL + L), edit qwant.com as ddg.gg and hit Enter, you'll go to #DuckDuckGo with the same request.
Or for the next searches, write as following into the search bar: !ddg my keywords to perform the same search throught Duck Duck Go, instead of your original #request my keywords

If it happens too often, change the default search engine.

#Qwant as default search engine: here's what to do if it's unavailable in your country

Mathias Poujol-Rost ✅ · Saturday, 1 May, 2021 - 15:55

If the French service Qwant.com is set as the #search provider in your web #browser (Firefox, Iridium...), it may occur that it shows a message telling it's not "available" in your region. This can happen if you're using TOR, a VPN, or for other reasons.

To circumvent this, you may :

Go to the search bar (CTRL + L), edit qwant.com as ddg.gg and hit Enter, you'll go to #DuckDuckGo with the same request.
Or for the next searches, write as following into the search bar: !ddg my keywords to perform the same search throught Duck Duck Go, instead of your original #request my keywords

If it happens too often, change the default search engine.

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DuckDuckGo en a ras-le-bol du système d’enchères de Google pour exister dans Android

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 30 September, 2020 - 08:47

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DuckDuckGo a publié un article fin septembre pour signaler son exaspération à l'égard du système d'enchères inventé par Google pour afficher des moteurs de recherche alternatifs. Rien ne va aux yeux du rival de la firme de Mountain View. [Lire la suite]

Voitures, vélos, scooters... : la mobilité de demain se lit sur Vroom ! https://www.numerama.com/vroom/vroom//

L'article DuckDuckGo en a ras-le-bol du système d’enchères de Google pour exister dans Android est apparu en premier sur Numerama .

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Comment DuckDuckGo va contrer plus efficacement les trackers pour protéger votre navigation

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Friday, 6 March, 2020 - 15:17

DuckDuckGo annonce Tracker Radar, un projet qui vise à améliorer le suivi et la lutte des outils de pistage sur le web. L'outil, gratuit et open source, doit corriger certaines insuffisances des listes anti-suivi déjà existantes. [Lire la suite]

Voitures, vélos, scooters... : la mobilité de demain se lit sur Vroom ! https://www.numerama.com/vroom/vroom//

L'article Comment DuckDuckGo va contrer plus efficacement les trackers pour protéger votre navigation est apparu en premier sur Numerama .