Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI tools

Posted by Pepitobombito on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:09AM
from the fox29.com dept.

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by sambejk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:27AM (#50376623)

Google has long forgotten their old motto: "Don't be evil", but this is a new extreme. Luckily we have things like Duckduckgo

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by andsoitis on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:34AM (#50376684)

what is evil about this?

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by sambejk on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:38AM (#50376711)

Schools have to choose between giving kids access to AI tooling (which has been proven to be terrible for education) or basic internet search.

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by andsoitis on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:50AM (#50376808)

why is that evil? that feels quite hyperbolic.

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by sambejk on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:22AM (#50389601)

very fair

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Re:Google to cut Search access for schools that block new AI... by turtleyacht on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:57AM (#50376857)

What if students use their phones instead? Unenforceable.

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