Following the lead of Microsoft and Google, DuckDuckGo is about to dip its toes in generative AI. Instead, DuckDuckGo is partnering with OpenAI and Anthropic to enhance its existing Instant Answer feature. You won't see "DuckAssist" with each and every search you conduct, but when it does appear, the tool will pull from Wikipedia (as well as Encyclopedia Britannica in some instances) to provide a natural language response to your questions. DuckDuckGo is limiting DuckAssist's sourcing to reduce the likelihood of the feature's machine-learning model " hallucinating" or, in other words, providing you with the wrong information. If you see a magic wand icon, it means Duck Assist can summarize information for you.