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 Democrat 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 po

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 Democrat 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.”