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DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy
DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features.
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.”
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