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The latest DuckDuckGo news, : Duck.ai offers free Claude 4.5 Haiku, but GPT-5.6 requires paid plan.

DuckDuckGo operates the AI chat service Duck.ai, which offers free access to Claude 4.5 Haiku while requiring a paid plan for GPT-5.6. The company also invested in You.com, co-founded by Richard Socher. Recent coverage addresses viral claims regarding Duck.ai's model availability and Socher's assertions that AI will not wipe out humanity.

3 stories mentioning DuckDuckGo since 16 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.

  1. Duck.ai offers free Claude 4.5 Haiku, but GPT-5.6 requires paid plan

    A viral social media post claimed that Duck.ai, an AI chat service by DuckDuckGo, offers GPT-5.6 and Claude models completely for free without account registration. An investigation into official documentation reveals…

    1 source
    note.com
  2. Policy & Regulation new

    Google challenges EU orders to open Android and search data to AI and search rivals

    Google has filed legal challenges in the EU's General Court against two Digital Markets Act orders requiring it to share Android features with rival AI assistants and provide search data to competing search engines.…

    4 sources
    cnbctv18.comthestar.com.myfinance.yahoo.comaol.com
  3. Enterprise & Industry new

    Tech CEO: AI Won't Wipe Out Humanity

    Richard Socher, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of You.com (which has raised capital from Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures, and DuckDuckGo), asserts that there is no realistic scenario where AI could wipe out humanity.…

    1 source
    aol.com

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What is the latest DuckDuckGo news?

As of 22 October 2026: Duck.ai offers free Claude 4.5 Haiku, but GPT-5.6 requires paid plan. A viral social media post claimed that Duck.ai, an AI chat service by DuckDuckGo, offers GPT-5.6 and Claude models completely for free without account registration.

What is DuckDuckGo?

DuckDuckGo operates the AI chat service Duck.ai, which offers free access to Claude 4.5 Haiku while requiring a paid plan for GPT-5.6. The company also invested in You.com, co-founded by Richard Socher. Recent coverage addresses viral claims regarding Duck.ai's model availability and Socher's assertions that AI will not wipe out humanity.