Sunday, November 8, 2026

ITP V.026 TECH: GOOGLE CUTS OFF ACCESS TO SEARCH REGARDING SCHOOLS THAT BAN AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

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Tech giant GOOGLE has cut off access to  search engines to schools that ban AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) ..

 
 
ITP V.026 EDITORS NOTE: Lame move via GOOGLE. GOOGLE's AI search engine rollout was a disaster a couple of years ago as it took my FACEBOOK like of articles about a drug dealer and Willie Mays and consolidated it. I'm defiantly NOT a drug dealer nor user. .   

FROM THE ATLANTIC: 

Google has announced that for schools to opt out of its AI tools, they must cut off students’ access to Google Search. The move follows a familiar Silicon Valley playbook, @willoremus.com writes.

Google has said schools can’t have access to its search engine without AI, even in schools where AI use is being banned. Columnist Jacob Aron says the tech giant shouldn’t be dictating education policy in this way. Read more: www.newscientist.com/articl...

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— New Scientist (@newscientist.com) November 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM

on top of this, it's pretty clear to me that Google is throttling its regular search feature so you have to rely on the AI. tried to fact check something on Google recently and could not find the right data anywhere in the first few pages; tried DuckDuckGo and it was the top result

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— Tim Donnelly (@timdonnelly.com) November 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM

 

 

 

FROM EFF:

One of the biggest tech companies shouldn’t steamroll how schools teach via an update. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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— Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org) November 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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