DuckDuckGo Now Lets You Hide AI-Generated Images In Search Results
(Friday July 18, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the hide-the-slop dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/18/2046207/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch:
> Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is [1]rolling out a new setting that [2]lets users filter out AI images in search results . The company says it's launching the feature in response to feedback from users who said AI images can get in the way of finding what they're looking for.
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> Users can access the new setting by conducting a search on DuckDuckGo and heading to the Images tab. From there, they will see a new dropdown menu titled "AI images." Users can then choose whether or not they want to see AI content by selecting "show" or "hide." Users can also turn on the filter in their search settings by tapping the "Hide AI-Generated Images" option.
"The filter relies on manually curated open-source blocklists, including the 'nuclear' list, provided by uBlockOrigin and uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist," DuckDuckGo said in [3]a post on X. "While it won't catch 100% of AI-generated results, it will greatly reduce the number of AI-generated images you see." DuckDuckGo says it has plans to add other similar filters in the future.
[1] https://x.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1944766326381089118
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/
[3] https://x.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1944766326381089118
> Privacy-focused browser DuckDuckGo is [1]rolling out a new setting that [2]lets users filter out AI images in search results . The company says it's launching the feature in response to feedback from users who said AI images can get in the way of finding what they're looking for.
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> Users can access the new setting by conducting a search on DuckDuckGo and heading to the Images tab. From there, they will see a new dropdown menu titled "AI images." Users can then choose whether or not they want to see AI content by selecting "show" or "hide." Users can also turn on the filter in their search settings by tapping the "Hide AI-Generated Images" option.
"The filter relies on manually curated open-source blocklists, including the 'nuclear' list, provided by uBlockOrigin and uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist," DuckDuckGo said in [3]a post on X. "While it won't catch 100% of AI-generated results, it will greatly reduce the number of AI-generated images you see." DuckDuckGo says it has plans to add other similar filters in the future.
[1] https://x.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1944766326381089118
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/
[3] https://x.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1944766326381089118
Good. (Score:2)
by jhoegl ( 638955 )
Now hide all the puke generated sites.
noai.duckduckgo.com (Score:3)
by HalAtWork ( 926717 )
You can also use [1]noai.duckduckgo.com [duckduckgo.com] to do searches if you want to avoid an AI summary and also AI generated images (hopefully AI generated articles too, but I doubt it).
[1] https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
Re: (Score:2)
by martin-boundary ( 547041 )
Thanks! It's a real drag to scroll down to the search results.
Except for the ones... (Score:1)
...that Fearless Leader Putin decrees must be shown.
Re: (Score:2)
DDG is American, you're thinking of Yandex.