This AI-free Google alternative is surging in popularity - how to try it for yourself

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• DuckDuckGo has seen a surge in users and installs.
• You can easily use DuckDuckGo without any AI.
• This makes it a good alternative to Google's AI Overviews.

Do you use Google for your searches but don't want all the AI slop? There is an alternative that's growing in popularity, and its name is DuckDuckGo.

Like many companies, Google has been adding more AI to its products and services -- and that includes its dominant search engine. Run a Google search, and instead of getting the traditional results, you're likely to be hit with an AI overview that may or may not answer your question and may or may not be accurate.

Also: I found an easy way to automatically keep AI out of my search results - and it works in nearly every browser

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