The privacy and security forward browser DuckDuckGo is revamping its subscription service in accordance with the latest AI chat models.
Now branded as Duck.ai, the service will add several of the top AI models currently on the market to its browser library, including GPT-4o and GPT-5 from OpenAI, Claude Sonnet 4 from Anthropic, and Llama Maverick from Meta. They will join Claude 3.5 Haiku, Llama 4 Scout, GPT-4o mini, and Mistral Small 3 24B from Mistral AI to run its browser chatbot.
DuckDuckGo indicates it has established its Duck.ai subscription to help people gain control of AI use as it quickly becomes more available, noting a Pew research study where 27% of US adults said they use AI tools every day, but 59% feel no control over how AI shows up in their lives.
DuckDuckGo noted that the subscription is ideal for users who frequently interact with multiple advanced chatbots. Users get a discounted access to several models as well as a number of privacy features that wouldn’t be found in their proprietary environments. The brand offers anonymous chats, no AI training, local chat storage, and instant deletion of chat history.
The service is accessible via desktop and mobile, as well as iOS and Android. Users can choose the model they would like to work with in a drop-down model picker style. There is also the option to turn off Duck.ai feature integration through the browser settings menu.
Previously called DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro, pricing for the service remains the same at $9.99 monthly or $99 yearly. The brand notes that it has higher subscription tiers in the works that will allow access to even more advanced AI models.
Other highlight features within the subscription include DuckDuckGo VPN, Personal Information Removal, and Identity Theft Restoration.
The DuckDuckGo subscription is currently available in the U.S., U.K., E.U., and Canada. Users can test it out with a seven-day free trial.
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