Google ultimatum: integrating AI tools into search as a condition for access

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According to Channel 14, Google announced that schools in the United States that refuse to integrate artificial intelligence tools into their search engine will be blocked from it. According to Ynet, the announcement includes a condition: whoever refuses to integrate AI will also lose access to regular search. According to TheMarker, Google provides devices and software packages to students from kindergarten through the end of high school across the US.

According to Channel 14, following the criticism Google clarifies that the services will be off by default, and that administrators will be given full control to choose which systems to activate. According to Ynet, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said schools exist to serve students, and Bernie Sanders attacked the decision and called it blackmail. According to TheMarker, former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan warns that court rulings against Google in recent years have not deterred the company.