@booboo I meant default search engine, not default browser.

@skylark13 What kind of suggestions? (I tried clicking the link, but it just wants to download it JSON file.)

@johnbloor @morgrugyn Because I get AI suggestions every time I do a search in regular DuckDuckGo. I don’t want to waste natural resources every time I do a search.

@kelvin0mql Hear, hear!

@ariaflame I tried using the settings to turn off AI, but every time I dumped my cookies they would reappear, even if I had an exception for DuckDuckGo’s cookies. I tried using the cloud back up for AI settings, and they still reappeared. Perhaps it was somehow user error, but I just got so annoyed at the lack of consistency and repeatedly having to turn AI off again.

@bosquebill Weird that you can’t add it. I tried using the settings to turn off AI, but every time I dumped my cookies they would reappear, even if I had an exception for DuckDuckGo’s cookies. I tried using the cloud back up for AI settings, and they still reappeared. Perhaps it was somehow user error, but I just got so annoyed at the lack of consistency and repeatedly having to turn AI off again.

@scy Oops, thanks, corrected!

@secretsloth I’m sorry you couldn’t get it to work on your phone, that’s exactly where I set it up the first time for myself (then later on other devices). Did you include the search query modifier at the end of the URL?

Sounds great that the extension you found tries to stop requests entirely!

DuckDuckGo has a No AI version: https://noai.duckduckgo.com. To set it as your default browser in Firefox:

1. Go to Firefox > Settings > Search > Add Search Engine, and enter: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%s
2. Give it a title.
3. Then change your default browser to the new one you created.

It’s not perfect, but it’s so nice not getting AI answers / synopses for every search (and seeing less AI-generated images and web results).

#NoAi #ai #ki #DuckDuckGo #DDG #Firefox (1/2) https://getmona.app/rich_text/541678072601

You can also report and block AI-generated web sites. On the search results page, click on the three dots menu > Share feedback about this site > select “AI-generated” and submit feedback. Then block the site, using the same three dots. (2/2)