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Google's AI policy sparks backlash in schools

Yahoo · · International · AI Governance

Google's AI policy is drawing criticism from schools, suggesting that educators or administrators are pushing back against how the company governs AI tools used in educational settings.

Why this matters: Schools are full of minors, and minors do not get to negotiate terms of service. When a platform as deeply embedded in classrooms as Google changes how its AI works, it affects students, teachers, and parents who mostly had no say in adopting these tools in the first place. That dependency is the real issue. If a district built its whole workflow around Google, it cannot just walk away. That gives Google a lot of room to set policy with very little accountability to the people most affected.

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