Technology · 11 hours ago
Google to switch off Search for schools refusing its AI from 2027
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Google's plan covers K-12 student accounts, meaning US school pupils up to age 18, where AI and Search tools will be off by default in 2027. Schools must opt in, and since Search has no AI-free version, blocking the AI means blocking Search. Massachusetts teachers' unions, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Senator Edward Markey have all condemned the plan.
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