Google to turn off AI tools by default for school student accounts

Google to turn off AI tools by default for school student accounts

Google to turn off AI tools by default for school student accounts

Google will by default turn off its AI tools, including its search chatbot Gemini, for student accounts in primary and secondary schools. The change follows a Wall Street Journal investigation and a bipartisan Senate inquiry into how AI tools affect children's learning and wellbeing. Schools that switch on Google Search can use a guided learning mode that helps students work through questions step by step instead of doing the work for them, although AI Overview and AI Mode cannot be fully switched off where Search is offered.

Google will by default turn off its AI tools, including its search chatbot Gemini, for student accounts in primary and secondary schools. The change follows a Wall Street Journal investigation and a bipartisan Senate inquiry into how AI tools affect children's learning and wellbeing. Schools that switch on Google Search can use a guided learning mode that helps students work through questions step by step instead of doing the work for them, although AI Overview and AI Mode cannot be fully switched off where Search is offered.

Google will by default turn off its AI tools, including its search chatbot Gemini, for student accounts in primary and secondary schools. The change follows a Wall Street Journal investigation and a bipartisan Senate inquiry into how AI tools affect children's learning and wellbeing. Schools that switch on Google Search can use a guided learning mode that helps students work through questions step by step instead of doing the work for them, although AI Overview and AI Mode cannot be fully switched off where Search is offered.