Senators Give Google Nov. 2 Deadline on AI Safeguards for Students

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are asking Google how its AI products reach students and how the company evaluates potential harm, putting school controls and child-safety research at the center of their inquiry. In an Oct. 21 letter to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, they posed nine questions about research into risks to children, schools’ ability to manage AI settings and concerns from families and educators. They also ask why some features are defaults or cannot be disabled on certain education devices, and how much Google spends promoting AI in schools. The senators want to know whether Google tracks harmful interactions, emotional dependence or cases in which its products miss signs of suicide or self-harm. “Google is forcing their A.I.

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