I've been using DDG for a while but just got hit with an AI summary finally, like Brave and then Google does. It's such a turn off. I trust the information exactly 0%. Definitely considering just using SearXNG full time now. I liked DDG a lot but I'm so fickle, it doesn't take much for me to swap.
Even though we will admittedly never engage with reality, you may still consider holding your breath around us to be prudent. We smell awful from all the obesity.
It feels like a standard case of it's fine until it isn't.
I wouldn't worry about it and only drop it from your vocabulary if you notice it causing harm.
I love this one:
https://gitlab.xfce.org/-/project/356/uploads/a954ea878d1c75c2d9c43e2d7652ea4b/xfce-x.svg
https://gitlab.xfce.org/artwork/public/-/issues/18#note_97276