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Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Google executives said that for districts that choose to allow A.I., there will be two options for search inside school-issued accounts, beginning in early 2027. One option will be search with A.I. overviews and A.I. chats turned on, similar to the current consumer experience. The other will be search using Guided Learning, the student version of Google’s Gemini chatbot.

If it is linked to "school-issued accounts", can't you just search without being logged in to google?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Can you even use a Chromebook without an account? That's the problem here most schools are locked in with Google. The schools are using Chromebooks, Google classroom, and use Google's built in integration to lock down Google search results all while blocking other search engines.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Those are both such undeniably terrible options. Either way it's teaching students to offload onto AI immediately.

    There are no words for how insidious this is. They're trying to ruin the minds of an entire generation. Not just knowingly, but forcefully.

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