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Not all AI slop, but at least a good amount of images. And hopefully, they will improve this blocker.

DuckDuckGo can now hide AI-generated images while searching the web

DuckDuckGo recently introduced a new setting to help users manage the flood of AI-generated content cluttering search results. The alternative search engine now offers a quick way...

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Generative AI services are everywhere now, flooding the web with an ungodly amount of AI slop regardless of the subject. Major search engines are joyfully shoving this content down users' throats, while smaller services are scrambling to offer alternatives for managing the AI waste turning the internet into a digital landfill.

DuckDuckGo recently introduced a new setting to help users manage the flood of AI-generated content cluttering search results. The alternative search engine now offers a quick way to hide machine-made images from search pages, though results may still vary depending on the query.

DuckDuckGo's new filtering option relies on manually curated, open-source lists of websites known for spreading AI-generated content. One such list is also used by ad-blocking tools like uBlock Origin and uBlacklist and includes more than a thousand sites known for hosting large volumes of AI-produced material.

The filtering approach won't catch all AI-generated content but should significantly reduce digital clutter in image search results. Users can enable the AI-hiding feature via a new drop-down menu on the image search page or through their account's search settings.

Users can also access a "No AI" version of the search engine through a dedicated URL. In addition to hiding AI images, this version disables AI search summaries and other AI-related features. DuckDuckGo recommends bookmarking the page for those who want to see less AI content while browsing.

While introducing the new filtering feature on Reddit earlier this week, the DuckDuckGo team said AI features should be private, useful, and optional. People should be able to decide for themselves how much AI content they want in their lives – or whether they want any at all.

It would be awesome if we could have something similar to an Ad Blocker, but dedicated to AI.
Something that could block all this AI crap, be it images, youtube videos, articles, etc.

 

[SJRB]

Sounds like a good idea but with pretty dumb implementation. Seems like it just uses a blacklist to filter out specific websites from the search result query.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

A better approach would be to train 'AI' to detect 'AI'-generated slop and block just that piece of content, not the entire website. Soon, pretty much every website will be on the blacklist, and then what?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Won't work. We're cooked.

 

[Lambogenie]

Makes sense if it's websites known for it. Not so much if it is blocking content that just uses it for assistance, if it can even tell.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Nah it doesn't work like people hope it will. An AI would have to recognize other AI and then block it.

 

[Aces High]

Google search engine is one giant sinking ship.

Duck Duck Go is Leo and Kate on the door.

 

[Lunarorbit]

Can't wait for the inevitable ai backlash. I hate this shit.

 

[SJRB]

A better approach would be to train 'AI' to detect 'AI'-generated slop and block just that piece of content, not the entire website. Soon, pretty much every website will be on the blacklist, and then what?

I was confused at first because I thought they would implement something like this, but that would require insane amounts of compute and make the browser ultra slow.

 

[Guy_who_thinks_hes_cool]

let me test

 

[thefool]

Slop is slop. Doesn't need to be AI.

 

[Unknown?]

A better approach would be to train 'AI' to detect 'AI'-generated slop and block just that piece of content, not the entire website. Soon, pretty much every website will be on the blacklist, and then what?

You won't have to visit shitty websites.

Can we get a version that blocks Wikipedia trash too?