Google announces it will cut off internet search access for schools that reject AI

The announcement got immediate blowback from educators and policymakers.

In this May 1, 2019, file photo a man walks past a Google sign outside with a span of the Bay Bridge at rear in San Francisco. [Photo: Jeff Chiu, File/AP Photo]

Students using Google software in the classroom will not be allowed to access the company’s search engine unless their school system also opts in to using artificial intelligence, the tech giant said Tuesday.The Mountain View, California, company has been facing pushback from educators, child development experts and parents over the use of its technology in schools, with the backlash heating up since it announced in August that it had turned on its Gemini chatbot for many K-12 students who use Google Classroom.On Tuesday, the company said that practice would no longer be the default option for school administrators. Instead, K-12 schools will be able to individually turn each Google tool on or off — including Gemini, Gemini........

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