Google is making its AI tools easier to restrict, but schools blocking AI entirely will lose students' Search access.
Students at schools that block AI entirely will lose access to Google Search, even as the company makes its AI tools easier to restrict. On X, one observer questioned whether Google is technically unable to turn off AI in Search.
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@MikeIsaacgoogle says if you dont want AI in the classroom you wont get search either earnest Q: highlighted quote seems carefully crafted to suggest there is a technical reason google could not turn off AI in search. is there *any* truth to that? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html
@binarybitsThis is ridiculous.
@TechmemeGoogle plans to make it easier to restrict its AI tools for students early next year but says schools that block AI entirely will lose student access to Search (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)@MikeIsaacgoogle says if you dont want AI in the classroom you wont get search either earnest Q: highlighted quote seems carefully crafted to suggest there is a technical reason google could not turn off AI in search. is there *any* truth to that? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html@binarybitsThis is ridiculous.@TechmemeGoogle plans to make it easier to restrict its AI tools for students early next year but says schools that block AI entirely will lose student access to Search (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)@MikeIsaacgoogle says if you dont want AI in the classroom you wont get search either earnest Q: highlighted quote seems carefully crafted to suggest there is a technical reason google could not turn off AI in search. is there *any* truth to that? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html@binarybitsThis is ridiculous.@TechmemeGoogle plans to make it easier to restrict its AI tools for students early next year but says schools that block AI entirely will lose student access to Search (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)@MikeIsaacgoogle says if you dont want AI in the classroom you wont get search either earnest Q: highlighted quote seems carefully crafted to suggest there is a technical reason google could not turn off AI in search. is there *any* truth to that? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html@binarybitsThis is ridiculous.@TechmemeGoogle plans to make it easier to restrict its AI tools for students early next year but says schools that block AI entirely will lose student access to Search (New York Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)#4
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