Scott Boehmer

Tag: DuckDuckGo

  • Yes AI or No AI?

    Many people want to opt out of AI features right now, but most tech companies are ignoring them. At DuckDuckGo our approach to AI is to only make AI features that are useful, private, and optional. Whether you are Yes AI or No AI, or somewhere in between, we think you deserve a product that gives you the option of whether or not to use AI features.

    Gabriel Weinberg

    Yes AI or No AI, that is the question (Gabriel Weinberg)

    Personally, I prefer to avoid generative AI products, and I like that DuckDuckGo makes it easy to opt out. Compared to my former employers, it is an approach that I’m much happier with.

    You can pick an option at VoteYesOrNoAi.com and see here the current results are. As of when I’m writing this, there have been nearly 165,000 votes and 90% of those are people choosing No AI.

  • 10 Surprising Things about DuckDuckGo

    I’ve been working at DuckDuckGo on their browser for Windows for a little more than 3 months now. Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo’s founder and CEO, recently shared a post with 10 surprising things about the company:

    Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo you probably don’t know (Gabriel Weinberg)

  • New Job

    Not quite two years ago, I left my job at GitHub. It was not bringing me any joy, and I was lucky enough to be in a position that I was able to take a long break from having a day job.

    A few months ago, I started entertaining the idea of working again, and saw a job posting that seemed like it could be a good fit for me. The interview process went well, and last week I started a new job at DuckDuckGo working on their browser for Windows.