DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy

After Google told schools they could disable Gemini but said turning off its other AI features would also cost them Google Search, DuckDuckGo promoted its own service as a replacement default search engine for schools. DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg pointed to documentation on switching search engines and offered help, while its public affairs chief criticized Google, and the company said Google could easily turn off Search's AI features for schools if it wanted to. DuckDuckGo offers its own AI features but lets users disable them, including via noai.duckduckgo.com, and said earlier this year its app installs were up 30%.