Google: no AI, no search

Futurism: Google Announces It’s Shutting Off Search Engine Access for Schools That Ban AI.

Google has almost a monopoly on classrooms, including with Chromebooks, these laptops tethered to Google.

Google is now putting on brass knuckles to keep its AI in schools, saying that it’ll be unwilling to support schools that move to block AI entirely. As the New York Times reports, the tech giant is revoking access to Google Search, the most important gateway to information on the open web, for any schools looking to restrict AI.

I don’t expect this to end up well.

And Mamdani Blasts Google for Using Monopoly to Bully Schools That Ban AI:

“Google is trying to use its monopoly power to force AI into our public schools,” he wrote in a social media statement. “No corporation should have the power to dictate how we teach our children.”

The NYC Mayor doesn’t like this. And NYC is the biggest school district in the US.

But if the product was so good, why do everybody hate it? And why do Big Tech push it down the throat of everyone?