Schools that want Google Search for students will have to accept its AI too

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Google has announced that its AI products will soon be switched off by default for K-12 student accounts. Namely, Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search will be "entirely off" until school administrators explicitly turn them on.In case you missed it, Google Search is on that list. The company says Search and AI are "deeply integrated", so a school that wants no AI at all for its students also has to give up Search for them. Students in such schools will see a message saying Search isn't available.After a wave of criticism, Google clarified that schools can...