U.S. Senator Ed Markey on Monday asked Alphabet to let schools disable AI features while retaining Google Search, intensifying concerns about the company promoting AI to students. In a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai, the Massachusetts Democrats urged Al

2026-11-09

U.S. Senator Ed Markey on Monday asked Alphabet to let schools disable AI features while retaining Google Search, intensifying concerns about the company promoting AI to students. In a letter to CEO Sundar Pichai, the Massachusetts Democrats urged Alphabet to reverse a recent change to its Search product policy. Google last week said it will default AI tools off for K-12 accounts, but if school administrators enable Google Search they must accept the embedded AI features. Markey wrote that the policy “forces schools into a dilemma: either expose students to potentially harmful technology or lose an important education research tool,” and accused Google of “irresponsibly forcing schools to accept AI, treating children as collateral.”