Google Will Cut Off Search Engine Access To Schools Banning Generative AI
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Google has told schools that choose to disable its AI features they will also lose access to Google Search for K-12 student accounts. The company said access to Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search "will be entirely off" for those accounts. The change was announced as part of an education update and reported by outlets including The Verge, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, and Forbes.
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This is rising because Google folded AI features into Search and made search access conditional for school accounts now.
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If your district bans generative AI, you may be throwing away more than a safety valve, because Google just tied Search to its AI rollout and will switch Search off for students who opt out.
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- Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
Ars Technica AINov 3 - Google Will Cut Off Search Engine Access To Schools Banning Generative AIForbesNov 3
- Google researchers demand freedom to tell the world what they know about AIHackerNewsNov 3
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