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July 2025

9 ways DuckDuckGo's Search Assist Differs from Google’s AI Overviews
Seeking better UX for AI-assisted search answers at DuckDuckGo
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The key to increasing standard of living is increasing labor productivity
Unpacking this counterintuitive conclusion
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Most chatbot users miss this key setting, so we moved it up front
Making it easier and more intuitive to change the system prompt in duck.ai
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The debate over a potential economic bump from AI points to a much larger economic opportunity.
We can turn temporary economic productivity bumps into permanent higher economic growth through sustained higher investment in basic research.
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June 2025

States should be allowed to regulate AI because realistically Congress won't
Let’s not give AI a decade-long free pass from regulation.
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Rule #2: There are always underlying assumptions.
When properly assessing any conclusion, it is essential to enumerate the underlying assumptions.
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Issues with widespread bipartisan agreement that never go anywhere
A marker for why we need more structural governance reform.
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U.S. AI-labor protests could eventually resemble the French Yellow-Vest protests
When millions recently took to the streets over economic insecurity.
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May 2025

How science funding literally pays for itself
By growing the economy enough that future tax revenues exceed initial expenditure.
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Will the AI backlash spill into the streets?
The answer hinges on how severe and prolonged the economic disruption becomes—particularly for jobs.
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Americans’ tolerance for lengthy economic disruption due to tariffs is seemingly very low.
A potential pitfall for future “short-term pain, long-term gain” economic policy proposals.
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