Google backtracks on forcing AI into school Search and Classroom tools
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Google turned on its Gemini AI chatbot for millions of US school students through Google Classroom. Schools that wanted to keep using Google Search were, at first, also forced to accept AI. Google has since said Gemini and Search will have separate controls and be switched off by default.
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- Administrators should check the separate Gemini, Gemini notebook and Search controls in Google Classroom settings.
- Confirm that AI features remain off until the school has decided whether to enable them.
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