# Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not Search AI features

> Original title: Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search

- Source: TechCrunch · AI
- Published: 2026-11-03T16:30:34.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/xtfb1204kcuxg6b81fpu7ba7r
- Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/03/google-will-let-schools-disable-its-ai-tools-but-not-without-sacrificing-search/

## Summary

Google says it will disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly turn them on. Because AI features are now built into Google Search, schools that restrict AI altogether will also lose access to Search, Google's education vice president Chris Phillips told The New York Times.