I wonder if schools will manage to filter this. Probably on windows , but I'm less sure on chromebooks.
jlev1
> If a school has banned A.I., he [Chris Phillips, vice president for education at Google] added, students “will not have access to search, and they’ll see a message from their school that indicates it’s not available.” So scummy! Make it sound like the school's decision, rather than Google's.
elmcrest
so what? there are alternatives... and who still googles nowadays anyways :)
djoldman
As usual, the truth is a little less clickbaity. It's just opt-in: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/educatio... > We believe schools should have control over AI in their classrooms and in providing administrators with controls to help them manage their approach. After listening to schools, teachers, leading researchers, and policymakers, we are now updating our approach to controls for Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search. Access to these products will be entirely off for K-12 student accounts until school administrators explicitly turn them on.
account42
Hopefully this will backfire and end with kids learning to use other search engines.
messh
How is this not monopolistic behavior?
TazeTSchnitzel
This comes off as comically evil. Disabling the AI summaries in search results is trivial, so them refusing to do so and blocking search entirely feels like a blatant attempt at coercion. Isn't it an abuse of monopoly power?
krunck
https://archive.ph/RuwsB
tikkabhuna
It will be interesting to see what search engine students start using. I still use Google because that's what I used at school.
OroPla
What do schools need Google for anyway? Had education deteriorated this much already?
vaibhavarduino
For free users: https://archive.is/20261103145613/https://www.nytimes.com/20...
ceejayoz
I really don't like that my original submission "Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I." from the New York Times got replaced with "Designing responsible AI for learning" PR slop from Google Corporate that doesn't even disclose this limitation. If the mods are gonna Orwell this, at least take my name off it. edit: Thanks, mods, for putting it back.
nilamo
This is great! Google search has been declining in usefulness so much, that it shouldn't be used by students anyway. And then there's the shitty ai summaries, which students definitely shouldn't have to worry about whether or not it's accurate.
jeffbee
It isn't possible for Google to run a websearch query "without AI" and it hasn't been for over 10 years.
0c3ca83
For responsibile learning, focus on pencil, paper, and books.
HelloMcFly
The changed title on this post is problematic.
gdulli
A big part of this era is a shift to de-anonymizing all search, research, etc. That should be seen as its own problem separate from one's feelings about AI.
tlogan
Very interesting approach. Basically, you can no longer use Google Search as a way to discover and learn about a subject the old-school way. I guess the point here is that Google thinks schools need to start using AI, and that all this "no AI in schools" talk is nonsense.
skeledrew
This is great! Push more people towards DuckDuckGo, etc.
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MetalBreaksAndB
I wonder if schools will manage to filter this. Probably on windows , but I'm less sure on chromebooks.
jlev1
> If a school has banned A.I., he [Chris Phillips, vice president for education at Google] added, students “will not have access to search, and they’ll see a message from their school that indicates it’s not available.” So scummy! Make it sound like the school's decision, rather than Google's.
elmcrest
so what? there are alternatives... and who still googles nowadays anyways :)
djoldman
As usual, the truth is a little less clickbaity. It's just opt-in: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/educatio... > We believe schools should have control over AI in their classrooms and in providing administrators with controls to help them manage their approach. After listening to schools, teachers, leading researchers, and policymakers, we are now updating our approach to controls for Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search. Access to these products will be entirely off for K-12 student accounts until school administrators explicitly turn them on.
account42
Hopefully this will backfire and end with kids learning to use other search engines.
messh
How is this not monopolistic behavior?
TazeTSchnitzel
This comes off as comically evil. Disabling the AI summaries in search results is trivial, so them refusing to do so and blocking search entirely feels like a blatant attempt at coercion. Isn't it an abuse of monopoly power?
krunck
https://archive.ph/RuwsB
tikkabhuna
It will be interesting to see what search engine students start using. I still use Google because that's what I used at school.
OroPla
What do schools need Google for anyway? Had education deteriorated this much already?
vaibhavarduino
For free users: https://archive.is/20261103145613/https://www.nytimes.com/20...
ceejayoz
I really don't like that my original submission "Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I." from the New York Times got replaced with "Designing responsible AI for learning" PR slop from Google Corporate that doesn't even disclose this limitation. If the mods are gonna Orwell this, at least take my name off it. edit: Thanks, mods, for putting it back.
nilamo
This is great! Google search has been declining in usefulness so much, that it shouldn't be used by students anyway. And then there's the shitty ai summaries, which students definitely shouldn't have to worry about whether or not it's accurate.
jeffbee
It isn't possible for Google to run a websearch query "without AI" and it hasn't been for over 10 years.
0c3ca83
For responsibile learning, focus on pencil, paper, and books.
HelloMcFly
The changed title on this post is problematic.
gdulli
A big part of this era is a shift to de-anonymizing all search, research, etc. That should be seen as its own problem separate from one's feelings about AI.
tlogan
Very interesting approach. Basically, you can no longer use Google Search as a way to discover and learn about a subject the old-school way. I guess the point here is that Google thinks schools need to start using AI, and that all this "no AI in schools" talk is nonsense.
skeledrew
This is great! Push more people towards DuckDuckGo, etc.