内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/duckduckgo-installs-are-up-30-as-users-reject-being-force-fed-googles-ai-search/

内容总结：

谷歌宣布对其搜索业务进行重大改版后，引发用户强烈反弹。近日，有用户公开表示将转用注重隐私的搜索引擎DuckDuckGo，原因是“可以拒绝使用AI”。在谷歌年度开发者大会上，该公司宣布传统的蓝色链接列表将被AI智能体取代，后者负责回答查询、执行任务并运行后台监控。批评者指出，这一改变可能扼杀开放互联网，AI概览会呈现不准确信息，且剥夺用户不使用AI的选择权，甚至将简单操作复杂化。

面对用户流失，DuckDuckGo迎来显著增长。数据显示，5月20日至25日期间，其在美国的应用安装量周环比平均增长18.1%，5月25日峰值达30.5%；iOS平台周环比增长均值高达33%，峰值达69.9%。同时，其无AI搜索页面noai.duckduckgo.com的访问量周环比平均增长22.7%，5月24日峰值达27.7%。该公司表示，这一趋势在美国尤为明显，甚至在通常流量下降的阵亡将士纪念日周末仍保持用户增长。

DuckDuckGo首席执行官加布里埃尔·温伯格批评谷歌“强行喂AI且不给用户关闭选项”，导致搜索结果质量下降。他强调DuckDuckGo将“把控制权交还给用户”，让其自主决定使用多少AI功能。该公司推出的Duck.ai产品提供多种AI模型，但严格保护隐私：在请求到达模型提供商前剥离用户IP地址、30天内删除对话记录，且不用于训练。其首席通讯与政策官卡米尔·巴兹巴兹表示，用户只是想要“选择权”。TechCrunch已联系谷歌寻求置评。

中文翻译：

上周，谷歌宣布对搜索功能进行重大改革后，我无意中听到一位女士在电话里说，她正转用DuckDuckGo，因为用户可以"选择不使用人工智能"。"谷歌不再是以前的谷歌了，"她说。似乎其他人也有同样的想法。在谷歌年度开发者大会I/O上，该公司表示，其传统的蓝色链接列表正被一种人工智能代理所取代，这种代理可以回答查询、执行任务并运行后台监控代理。这一变化引发了强烈反弹。一些人认为这将扼杀开放网络，而另一些人则担心AI概览会呈现不准确的回答，并剥夺可能不想使用AI的用户的选择权。它还把简单的事情复杂化了。试试在谷歌上搜索"disregard"这个词就知道了。为应对谷歌的这些变化，许多人开始转向DuckDuckGo。这是一家注重隐私的搜索引擎替代品，此前一直无法打破谷歌的主导地位，仅占美国搜索市场约2%的份额。在2023年谷歌搜索反垄断审判期间，DuckDuckGo首席执行官加布里埃尔·温伯格作证称，谷歌排他性的默认搜索合同损害了该公司在其他浏览器上将自己设为默认搜索引擎的能力。温伯格周二在一份声明中谈到谷歌的搜索改革时说："谷歌正在强行推广人工智能，且不给用户选择退出的余地。结果是，他们的搜索结果越来越差，而不是越来越好。我们希望成为一个让用户做主、允许他们自行决定希望使用多少人工智能的地方。"如今，随着消费者纷纷远离人工智能，DuckDuckGo似乎开始从中受益。DuckDuckGo表示，在5月20日至5月25日期间，其在美国的应用安装量较5月13日至5月18日的周环比平均增长18.1%。该公司称，这一增长持续了六天，并于5月25日达到30.5%的峰值。在iOS系统上，安装率更高，周环比增长平均达到33%，峰值达到69.9%。该搜索引擎还表示，其无AI搜索页面noai.duckduckgo.com的访问量周环比平均增长22.7%，并于5月24日达到27.7%的峰值。该页面默认关闭所有AI功能，如AI辅助回答和AI生成的图像。该公司表示，这一趋势在美国更为明显，并且在阵亡将士纪念日周末期间（通常是流量低谷期），DuckDuckGo的用户仍在持续增长。DuckDuckGo提供自己的人工智能产品Duck.ai。它是免费的，用户无需创建账户即可使用，并可访问包括Anthropic的Claude 4.5 Haiku、Meta的Llama 4 Scout、Mistral的Small 3 24B以及OpenAI的GPT-5 mini在内的模型。所有聊天内容都是私密的，因为DuckDuckGo在请求到达模型提供商之前会去除用户的IP地址，在30天内删除对话记录，并防止聊天内容被用于模型训练。温伯格说："我们不仅尊重用户的选择，也尊重用户的隐私。你在DuckDuckGo上做的一切都是私密的；我们不会收集搜索历史或聊天记录，没有任何内容被用于AI训练。"DuckDuckGo还提供搜索助手（类似于谷歌的AI概览）和AI图像过滤器（可从搜索结果中过滤掉AI生成的图像）。DuckDuckGo的首席通讯与政策官卡米尔·巴兹巴兹表示，尽管理念不同，但这两项AI功能都是该公司最受欢迎的功能之一。"人们只是想要一个选择，"巴兹巴兹说。TechCrunch已联系谷歌置评。

英文来源：

Last week, after Google announced its huge overhaul to Search, I overheard a woman on the phone saying she was switching to DuckDuckGo because you can “opt out of using AI.”
“Google just isn’t Google anymore,” she said. It seems that others had the same idea.
At I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, the company said its traditional list of blue links is being replaced by an AI agent that answers queries, executes tasks, and runs background monitoring agents.
The backlash has been sharp.
Some have argued it will kill the open web, while others shared concerns that AI overviews surface inaccurate responses and take away control from users who might not want to use AI. It also overcomplicates simple things. Just try to Google the word “disregard.”
In response to Google’s changes, many have begun defecting to DuckDuckGo, a privacy-focused alternative that has never been able to break past Google’s dominance, accounting for only around 2% of the U.S. search market.
During Google’s search antitrust trial in 2023, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg testified that Google’s exclusive default search contracts harmed its ability to pitch itself as the default on other browsers.
“Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt out,” Weinberg said Tuesday in a statement, referring to Google’s Search overhaul. “As a result, their results are getting worse, not better. We want to be the place that puts users in charge and allows them to decide how much or how little AI they want.”
Now it seems that DuckDuckGo is beginning to benefit as consumers flee AI.
DuckDuckGo said U.S. app installs went up 18.1% week-over-week on average during the May 20 to May 25 period, compared to May 13 to May 18. The company said that growth was sustained for six consecutive days and peaked at 30.5% on May 25. On iOS, the rate of install is even higher, with week-over-week growth hitting a 33% average, peaking at 69.9%.
The search engine also said visits to its AI-free search page, noai.duckduckgo.com, averaged 22.7% WoW growth, peaking at 27.7% on May 24. The page turns off every AI feature, like AI-assisted answers and AI-generated images, by default.
The company said the trend is stronger in the U.S., and that DuckDuckGo continued to gain users over the Memorial Day weekend, when it usually sees a dip in traffic.
DuckDuckGo offers its own AI product called Duck.ai. It’s free and doesn’t require users to make an account but provides access to models, including Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Haiku, Meta’s Llama 4 Scout, Mistral’s Small 3 24B, and OpenAI’s GPT-5 mini. All chats are private because DuckDuckGo strips the user’s IP address before requests reach model providers, deletes conversations within 30 days, and prevents chats from being used for training.
“Not only do we respect user choice, but also user privacy,” Weinberg said. “Everything you do in DuckDuckGo is private; we don’t collect search histories or chats and nothing is used for AI training.”
DuckDuckGo also offers Search Assist, which is similar to Google’s AI overviews, and an AI Image Filter that filters out AI-created images from search results.
Kamyl Bazbaz, DuckDuckGo’s chief communications and policy officer, said both of those AI features are among the company’s most popular, despite their differing ethos.
“People just want a choice,” Bazbaz said.
TechCrunch has reached out to Google for comment.