Google is facing criticism after it announced that US schools that have completely banned its AI features for student accounts will also lose access to Google search. According to the New York Times, Google's vice president of education, Chris Phillips, said that students in schools that reject AI entirely "will not have access to search." ■ According to Google's Nov. 3 announcement, access to Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini Gemini Classroom, and Google Search will be revoked by default for K-12 student accounts unless school administrators specifically allow them. ■ However, Phillips told the New York Times that schools that choose to block AI will also lose access to Google search, explaining that "research and AI are deeply integrated."

Google is facing criticism after it announced that US schools that have completely banned its AI features for student accounts will also lose access to Google search. According to the New York Times, Google's vice president of education, Chris Phillips, said that students in schools that reject AI entirely "will not have access to search." ■ According to Google's Nov. 3 announcement, access to Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini Gemini Classroom, and Google Search will be revoked by default for K-12 student accounts unless school administrators specifically allow them. ■ However, Phillips told the New York Times that schools that choose to block AI will also lose access to Google search, explaining that "research and AI are deeply integrated."