The Guardrails
Google schools: AI off by default — and Search can't be had without it
Three stories about the same thing from different angles: who controls the defaults, who pays for the capacity, and who is now lending the money. Start with the defaults, because Google just moved the most consequential one in American classrooms. Google will switch its AI products off by default for K-12 student accounts, and the one product schools cannot replace — Search — comes with its AI attached.