DuckDuckGo在Google创建了替代搜索引擎的开机后，自己投身学校。 Google在星期二告诉学校，他们可以关闭Gemini，但称关闭其其他AI功能也会花费学校的Google搜索费。
DuckDuckGo是一家通过限制数据收集而专注于用户隐私的公司，它显然认为这是在教育领域取得进展的时刻，Google在历史上一直占据主导地位。 根据往年出版的数字Google，学校约有5000万册Chromebook，供学生和教育工作者使用，其Google教室平台为全球超过1.5亿用户服务。
在X上，DuckDuckGo的创始人兼CEO加布里埃尔·温伯格(Gabriel Weinberg)指出了公司的在线文档，解释了学校如何将默认搜索引擎切换到DuckDuckGo的服务，并补充说“联系起来寻求帮助 ”。
DuckDuckGo的首席公共事务官员Kamyl Bazbaz发表了一份更强有力的声明，写道：「强迫学生接受AI：当学生认为自己无能为力时，证明Google错误。”
DuckDuckGo在给TechCrunch的电子邮件中
公司的评论随着美国公众的考虑而来，周二晚上的选举表明，他们不希望在城镇建立AI数据中心。 但是在工作和学校中使用AI已经成为一种常见的做法，需要更加细致的讨论。
Google知道教育者与AI斗争，开发了名为“指导学习”的技术，目的是帮助孩子们通过走解决问题的步骤来学习，而不是仅仅给他们一个答案。 但是，教育家们仍然要求有工具让他们把AI完全从学习过程中移除。
Google在星期二遭到反弹后，称，Gemini,Gemini Notebook，和搜索默认关闭，学校可以选择单独启用。
当然，问题在于Google Search现在大量使用AI，通过AI Overviews和回答用户询问的对话AI模式。
DuckDuckGo并非反AI，更清晰地说
然而，与Google不同，它提供了在其搜索和浏览器设置中禁用这些功能的选项，公司称。 亦提供专用网站noai.duckduckgo.com, AI辅助解答，AI生成的图像，AI功能建议全部关闭。
公司今年早些时候报告说，由于用户拒绝强行提供Google的AI搜索，其应用安装量上升了30%。
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DuckDuckGo is pitching itself to schools after Google created an opening for the alternative search engine. On Tuesday, Google told schools they could turn off Gemini, but it said shutting off its other AI features would cost schools Google Search, as well.
DuckDuckGo, a company that focuses on user privacy by limiting data collection, clearly sees this as a moment to make inroads in education, where Google has historically dominated. According to figures Google has published in previous years, there are around 50 million Chromebooks in schools, used by students and educators, and its Google Classroom platform serves over 150 million users globally.
On X, DuckDuckGo’s founder and CEO, Gabriel Weinberg, pointed to the company’s online documentation, explaining how schools can switch their default search engine to DuckDuckGo’s service instead, adding, “get in touch for help.”
Meanwhile, DuckDuckGo’s chief public affairs officer, Kamyl Bazbaz, issued a stronger statement, writing, “Forcing AI on school children: how a monopolist behaves when they think people are powerless. Prove Google wrong.”
In an email to TechCrunch, DuckDuckGo chastised Google for its decision, adding that Google could easily turn off Search’s AI features for schools if it wanted to.
The company’s comments come as the American public is weighing how much AI they want to allow into their lives. As Tuesday night’s elections indicate, they don’t want AI data centers built in their towns. But using AI at work and school has become a common practice and requires a more nuanced discussion.
Knowing that educators have struggled with AI, Google developed technology called “Guided Learning” that is meant to help kids learn by walking through problem-solving steps rather than just providing them with an answer. But educators are still asking for tools that let them remove AI from the learning process altogether.
After the backlash on Tuesday, Google defended its decision, saying it was just responding to schools’ feedback. It said that Gemini, Gemini Notebook, and Search would be off by default, and schools could choose to enable them individually.
The problem, of course, is that Google Search now heavily uses AI, through AI Overviews and a conversational AI Mode that answers users’ queries.
DuckDuckGo isn’t anti-AI, to be clear — it offers its own set of AI features, including a chat interface called Duck.ai and an AI search assistant.
However, unlike Google, it provides options to disable these features in both its search and browser settings, the company says. It also offers a dedicated website, noai.duckduckgo.com, where AI-assisted answers, AI-generated images, and AI feature suggestions are all turned off.
That flexibility may be driving demand for its services, as the company reported earlier this year that its app installs were up 30% as users rejected being force-fed Google’s AI Search.
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