Google will disable its AI tools by default for K-12 student accounts unless administrators enable them, but schools that want to ban AI entirely will also lose access to Google Search. Administrators can switch Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search on or off individually, but Google will not offer a version of Search without AI features, and from early 2027 schools that enable Search will get versions with AI Overviews, AI Mode or Guided Learning. Critics, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accuse Google of using its search dominance to push AI into schools, a debate that comes as New York City's one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI covers nearly 600,000 students. The move also comes amid antitrust scrutiny after a federal court ruled in 2024 that Google unlawfully monopolized the U.S. search market.
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