[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-families-in-seven-cities-protest-ai-only-google-search-in-schools":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},12988,"families-in-seven-cities-protest-ai-only-google-search-in-schools","Families in Seven Cities Protest AI-Only Google Search in Schools","Protesters say Google leaves schools no way to give students Search without AI, and default-off settings only decide whether Search is on at all.","Families in seven US cities rallied on Wednesday against Google's push to put its AI models in classrooms, a week after the company confirmed that students will have no way to use Google Search without AI.\n\nThe protesters say Google is trying to entrench its AI in schools, turn children into Gemini guinea pigs, and hook them on the technology. In Chicago, dozens marched to Google's downtown office in cold, rainy weather, arriving as workers seemed to be leaving for the day. They chanted \"Hey Google, nice try, we don't want your Gemini\" and \"Hey, Google, leave our kids alone!\"\n\nGoogle's own framing is that it is giving schools \"more choice, not less\" by turning off Search, Gemini, and Gemini Notebook by default. That much is not in dispute. What the company will not offer is a version of Search for students that leaves the AI out. Parents worry that the only workaround is for a child to remember to add `-ai` to every query.\n\nThe two sides are describing the same design from different angles. A default-off setting is a real control: a school begins with none of these products running. But for Search, the choice is binary. Switch it on and the AI comes with it. A setting that decides whether a tool exists is not the same as a setting that decides how it behaves.\n\nThe `-ai` trick also shifts the burden. Instead of an administrator making one decision for a school, it asks each student to make the same decision on every search.\n\nThe demands are not identical, either. A Search-without-AI toggle is a settings change Google could ship. A moratorium, the stronger ask behind the protests, would halt the rollout altogether. Which of those families actually want will shape what Google has to concede.","[\"google\",\"gemini\",\"schools\",\"ai\"]","2026-11-12T18:57:45.000Z","2026-11-12T19:42:33.553Z","2026-11-12T19:42:33.785Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the invented 'November 11' date (the source only says 'Wednesday'), and fix the analysis, which contradicts the reporting: the source says Google turns Search off by default, yet the draft claims Google offered a choice only on 'easy' products and none on Search. Also cut or source the unsupported claims that students use Search for 'nearly every assignment', that administrators can't disable it, and that protests target the company rather than districts.","resolved","policy",[32,33,34,35],"google","gemini","schools","ai",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Ftech-policy\u002F2026\u002F11\u002Ffamilies-fight-to-keep-googles-disturbing-ai-off-school-issued-chromebooks\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,47,52,57,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":44,"slug":35,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI",7151,"2026-11-13T11:05:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Security","security",1132,"2026-11-12T15:35:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Deals","deals",653,"2026-11-13T11:52:26.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":30,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Policy",621,"2026-11-12T19:54:30.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",370,"2026-11-12T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",337,"2026-11-12T15:31:12.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",232,"2026-11-13T12:00:40.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Software","software",172,"2026-11-13T11:04:24.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",160,"2026-11-12T17:31:47.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",127,"2026-11-11T19:00:44.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",120,"2026-11-13T11:33:19.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",109,"2026-11-13T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]