







Google told K-12 schools they could turn off AI, but only if they gave up search too. That isn’t integration. It’s holding education for ransom.
Google Forcing AI on Students Is BS
Google is rightfully facing blowback for forcing K-12 schools to enable AI if they wanted to keep using Google search. The company quickly backtracked and decoupled and turned off the services by


Google's AI Search is failing kids — and parents can't turn it off
Our test found Google's unavoidable AI answers do kids' homework and miss signs of crisis. Former education secretary John B. King Jr. explains why children are at risk. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.

AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
The internet’s biggest search engine is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years.

Designing responsible AI for learning
We’re bringing Guided Learning capabilities to Search and Google Classroom, and evolving our approach to school controls.

The Ed. Dept. Wants to Steer Grant Money to AI. What That Means for Schools
The Education Department is proposing to make advancing AI in education one of its grantmaking priorities.

Fixing Education with Big Data: Turning Teachers into Data Scientists?
education (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee) Rip Empson reported earlier this week from TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco that Joel Klein, former Chancellor of New York Public Schools, insists that “when it comes to the intersection of education and technology, simply putting a computer in front of a student, of a child, doesn’t [...]
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools
A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research—to put “AI literacy” in schools.
Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.

AI May Ruin the University as We Know It
The existential threat of the newest wave of ed-tech.

Eleven Things I Wish Educators Understood About AI and What it Means for "Education"
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Google swears it isn’t destroying the web with AI search
Changes to Search have sent ripples across the media industry.

Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
Does AI stop children from learning?
New data show the peril and promise of the technology

Why Google’s New AI-Saturated Search Page Will Be A Disaster
Google didn’t invent full-text search of the Internet – that honor belongs to early pioneers such as WebCrawler, Lycos and AltaVista. But for the last 25 years or so, Google has…
