Often when I’m using it, it will spit out some random blurb about privacy in addition to the response. This time I asked something along the lines of

What did this message mean

{Quote}

It answered, and then it added this

However, the message also includes a detailed explanation about the privacy measures in place when using a specific AI language model through DuckDuckGo.

The explanation states that all user chats are completely anonymous, and DuckDuckGo does not record any user chats. Any metadata that could potentially identify the user’s device is removed before sending prompts to the model provider. This means that even if the model provider stores chats, they cannot be traced back to the user.

The explanation also specifies that personal information typed directly into the chat cannot be tied back to the user, and that chats will not be used to train or improve models. Furthermore, chats are not sent to any third-party, and are only sent anonymously to the model provider.

The message ends with a reminder about the appropriate use of code blocks in markdown, emphasizing that they should only be included in programming-related contexts.

I assume they wanted their version to offer information about itself on top of the models regular output, downside being the extra hallucinations