Why is Google Holding Schools Hostage?

Last week, Google announced that in response to pressure from parents and educators that they would no longer have AI tools turned on by default in their popular education apps that are used in over 60,000 K-12 schools. They said if you do not turn those tools back on, they're not going to give you access to Google search.

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1. 01Last week, Google announced that in response to pressure from parents and educators that they would no longer have AI tools turned on by default in their popular education apps tha
2. 02They said if you do not turn those tools back on, they're not going to give you access to Google search
3. 03In other words, Google was holding these schools hostages and saying, if you do not allow our vision of AI in your educational process, if you don't let us to put our AI tools into