- Popular Search Engine DuckduckGo has added a new AI image filtration tool
- Users can now remove AI-Generated images from their search results
- It’s available for free at duckduckgo.com
Popular privacy-first search engine Duckduckgo rolls a new feature that lets users remove AI-generated images from their search results.
On X, the company twitly twited, “Our philosophy of AI features is” private, useful and optional. “Our goal is to help you find what you’re looking for.
To this end, we have added a new setting to hide AI-generated images in your results when searching for pictures on DuckduckGo. “
The new AI filter feature has already started to roll out and you can access it by simply searching DuckduckGo and selecting “Hiding AI images” from a new rolling voice.
Given the rapid increase in image and video generation tools on the Internet, this new feature can be a compelling reason to finally switch from Google to DuckduckGo.
If you are tired of all AI content that choppes your image searches, DuckduckGo may be the way to go. That said, the company says, “The filter is dependent on manually curated open source blocklists, including the list of ‘nuclear’, provided by Ublockorigin and unblacklist huge AI-Blocklist.”
This means that it does not catch 100% of all AI-generated content, but Duckduckgo says: “It will reduce the number of AI-generated images you see.”
New setting: Hide AI-Generated images in DuckduckGoour philosophy about AI features is “Private, Useful and Optional.” Our goal is to help you find what you are looking for. You have to decide for yourself how much ai you want in your life – or if you want someone at all. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/ptolmseqlqJuly 14, 2025
Taking back control
Duckduckgo plans to add more filters in the future, which should improve the speed at which the company’s algorithm is capable of wiping out AI-generated content.
I have begun to notice more and more AI-Generated images in Google search over the past few months, and with tools such as Chatgpt’s image generation and Google VEO 3-Videoreration are easily available, online platforms are getting more and more thrown with AI SLOP.
While DuckduckGo does not solve all your problems with AI images overnight, this new feature is the first step in giving users the choice of how they will experience AI. If you can’t stand AI pictures, DuckduckGo may be the solution you’ve been waiting for.
