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New York City schools have disabled Gemini and AI Mode on student Chromebooks and asked Google to turn off AI Overviews in Search, Gothamist reports. The city says it is still discussing how Google’s school policy will affect search access.
Why it mattersGoogle later said Gemini, Gemini Notebook and Search would be off by default, with schools choosing which services to enable. The local stakes are substantial: city officials say the school system has 1.3 million Chromebooks, including about 500,000 assigned to students. The report adds a concrete school-system response to the wider dispute over whether schools can reject AI without losing tools they already use.
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