Google’s All-or-Nothing AI Ultimatum: Schools That Block Gemini Lose Search Too
Reading Time: 5 minutesGoogle has announced that K-12 student accounts will lose access to Google Search entirely if school administrators choose to disable Gemini-powered AI features, with no option to separate the two. This all-or-nothing approach is forcing schools to reckon with platform dependency, student data governance, and the growing reality that AI is becoming infrastructure rather than a feature.