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Starting next year, students aged 5 to 18 will lose access to Google Search and Gemini tools unless school administrators opt in. Google says schools can enable services individually, but educators worry Search requires AI features.

Google defended its school AI policy after politicians criticized it over reports that it would restrict search for schools rejecting AI, saying Gemini, Gemini Notebook and search are off by default.

Google plans to make AI tools opt-in for schools using its education products, but schools that disable those tools will also lose Google Search for students, leaving administrators with a difficult choice.

Google plans to disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly enable them, and schools that restrict AI will also lose access to Google Search.