Google will soon switch its AI tools off by default for K-12 student accounts, and that includes Google Search. School administrators must explicitly opt in to turn Search back on, and it now comes with AI Overviews and AI Mode attached. Districts that keep AI blocked lose Google Search entirely. Google offers school leaders a choice of whether kids are exposed to AI through search, or can’t access Google Search at all.
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