According to the report, Google is revoking Google Search access for schools that restrict AI entirely. Google VP of education Chris Phillips told the NYT that search and AI are deeply integrated, and that schools banning AI will not have access to search. The report says schools can choose search with AI Overviews or a student-oriented Gemini chatbot called Guided Learning.
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Google is revoking access to Google Search for schools that restrict AI entirely, according to the New York Times as cited in the report. Google VP of education Chris Phillips told the NYT that search and AI are deeply integrated, and that if a school bans AI, students will not have access to search and will see a message from their school indicating it is not available.
The report states that Google announced this week that schools can either choose search with AI Overviews turned on or a student-oriented version of its Gemini chatbot called Guided Learning. It also notes that Google earlier this year made AI features the default in classrooms, triggering an outcry among educators.
According to the report, several school districts across New York and California have restricted some AI features on school devices in hopes of regaining access to traditional search without AI Overviews, but that option no longer appears to be on the table as Google looks to force AI into classrooms. The report also says state regulators continue to ponder how to set rules for AI use in public education and by minors as a whole.
The report describes Google as having plastered AI Overviews on top of its search engine and says the service's answers are frequently wrong, turning the top of the company's index of the internet into a minefield of misinformation. It characterizes the move as holding schools hostage by withholding search access from institutions that say no to AI.
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