You can add &kbe=0
to the end of the URL when you search to disable it. If you know how to add custom search engines this is the easiest way.
Otherwise, you can add "kbe":"0"
as a value inside the duckduckgo_settings
parameter in the bookmarklet, like this:
'duckduckgo_settings': '{"description":"Each key is a setting documented in https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/settings/params/","kdcm":"6","kdcs":"0","kbe":"0"}',
Cheers!
It’s likely there in case (for example) you, in court, testified to using Duck.ai for illegal purposes. DuckDuckGo themselves would not be the ones dragging you to court, but they could get caught in the crossfire, so they want to avoid liability.
These are the possible motives for each side:
DuckDuckGo gets to add AI to their service, which attracts users. DuckDuckGo is paid in sponsored results at the top of searches, so more users means more money.
The AI providers are willing to provide free/cheap service as a sort of sponsorship to attract users of their own. If you are using GPT on Duck.ai and decide you like it, you may be incentivized to use OpenAI’s own service to chat with the better model, since the models on Duck.ai are not top of the line. It’s the same thought process behind free tiers in services.
Both sides win in this arrangement.