Google ties school Search access to its AI in K–12 policy reversal

Google is reversing course on AI in schools. In a November 3 announcement , it said Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search will be off by default for K–12 student accounts until administrators enable them. But schools rejecting AI-powered Search must also lose ordinary Search. What administrators can and cannot turn off Administrators can enable the four services individually. Yet Google offers no AI-free Search option for these accounts. “Search and AI are deeply integrated,” education vice president Chris Phillips told The New York Times, according to The Verge . Students whose schools decline Search will see an unavailable notice. Google has announced the changes, but they have yet to take effect. The company says it will share more details in the coming months.

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