DuckDuckGo courts schools as Google faces AI policy backlash
duckduckgo pitches itself to schools after google's ai policy sparks criticism. this could help duckduckgo gain traction in education.
duckduckgo is promoting its search engine to schools amid criticism of google's ai policy. google recently announced that schools could turn off gemini but would lose access to google search if they disabled other ai features. duckduckgo, which focuses on user privacy, sees this as an opportunity to make inroads in education. the company offers options to disable ai features in its search and browser settings, and a dedicated website with no ai-assisted answers. duckduckgo's app installs were up 30% this year as users rejected google's ai search.