Ripple effect: Not long after Google announced its definitely-not-petulant response to schools banning its AI services by threatening to remove its search engine completely, Chicago Public Schools has said it will simply use a different search solution. Google's actions have also led to protests against the company, with demonstrators chanting the catchy slogan, "Hey Google, nice try. We don't want your Gemini."
At the start of November, Chris Phillips, Google's vice president and general manager for education, said K-12 schools will soon have to accept the company's AI services to retain student access to its search engine. The reason, he claimed, was that Search and AI are now deeply integrated services. Instead of the usual results, students will see a message from their school stating that the services are not available.
