DuckDuckGo, an alternative search engine known for respecting user privacy, has launched a new service that offers anonymous and free access to a variety of generative AI chatbots. The service allows users to talk to some of the most advanced language models, including OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo, Anthropic’s Claude 3 Haiku, Meta’s Llama 3 70B, and Mistral AI’s Mixtral 8x7B. Users can access the service through the duck.ai website and can easily switch between the models.
The strength of the service lies in its privacy-focused approach, as conversations are guaranteed to be anonymous and untraceable (user IP addresses are replaced by DuckDuckGo). Therefore, user queries will not be used to train the models.
The service is especially relevant at a time when online privacy concerns are rising, both among individuals and professionals. DuckDuckGo has committed to providing a privacy-friendly solution, stripping metadata that could be harvested by third parties before each query is sent.
The service is free to use, but only a certain number of requests are permitted per day. Despite that, DuckDuckGo has not ruled out offering a paid option for those who wish to use this service without restrictions.
