right? i don't --like-- actually think they're a good company, because clearly they don't care about the ethical implications of AI use, but i'll fucking applaud them for having the nobel prize-worthy intelligence and patience to not repeatedly stab themselves in the stomach.

My expectation for it is simply that DDG isn't running any AI to give me an overview/summary, and instead just giving me links to relevant sites. It's not DDG fault if sites hosting content don't clearly mark that the content was AI generated. Is there even a standard for sites to convey that to search engine indexers?

i mean yeah, they don't magically know if it's AI or not, that's why you can flag images.
I certainly prefer that over them using another AI model to identify AI images..

Kagi has been my go to for a while now.
DDG is among the best in my opinion.

I’m not anti-AI, but I’m against it in everything all the time even when I didn’t want or need it.

Brave's owners are assholes but their search is good.

Kagi is the best, especially for pruning AI slop, but $$.

You can also roll your own SearXNG if you're savvy.