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This seems to be sensitive to the type of question asked.

"What is DuckAssist on DuckDuckGo Search?" does not prompt the assistant.

"What is the meaning of life?" also fails.

"How far is the sun?" does give this response:

  DuckAssist
  BETA

  The Sun is approximately 93 million miles (150 million kilometers)   away from Earth. Light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach us at a speed of 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second.

  More in How far away is the Sun? from California Institute of Technology and How far away is the Sun? from hao.ucar.edu.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=How+far+is+it+to+the+sun%3F&t=ftsa...>

Questions about populations of various regions / countries / cities / states also seem to work.

(I'd initially started a comment noting that the assistant didn't seem to be showing up, until trying my third query.)




> meaning of life

But this works:

What is <idea> for <thinker> ?

And with the right questions, you will see a button "[wand icon] Assist" near the "[baloon icon] Chat" one.


Thanks.




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