DuckDuckGo is integrating new GPT‑5 mini and GPT‑5.2 models with a “reasoning” feature into Duck.ai.

DuckDuckGo expanded the capabilities of its privacy-focused chatbot Duck.ai

The company announced the launch of new reasoning models in the Duck.ai service:

- GPT‑5 mini – available to all free users;
- GPT‑5.2 – offered to subscribers, with the option to enable or disable the “reasoning” mode.

The reasoning mode allows the model to perform intermediate thought steps before answering, but it can be turned off if the dialogue does not require such depth.

What is Duck.ai?
Duck.ai is a chatbot platform from DuckDuckGo where users can have private conversations with various AI models: Anthropic, Meta✴, Mistral, and OpenAI.

Over the past months the service has received new features:

- voice chats;
- image generation;
- image editing, etc.

Adding GPT‑5 mini and GPT‑5.2 is a logical continuation of expanding the range of AI models in one convenient interface.

Privacy as a priority
DuckDuckGo emphasizes that all chats on Duck.ai are anonymized “by default” and not used for training models.

How it works:

- Before sending a request to the model provider, all personal metadata (IP address and others) is removed;
- Requests appear as originating from DuckDuckGo, not from a specific user;
- If a user enters personal information in the chat, neither DuckDuckGo nor third‑party AI providers can link that request to a particular user.

Thus the service separates dialogue content from identifying data and guarantees complete anonymity of communication.

Separation from the search platform
It is important to note that Duck.ai features are optional and entirely independent of the main DuckDuckGo search service. The company intends to keep AI tools separate so users can choose them at their discretion without affecting familiar search.