“Google is using its search monopoly to coerce schools into adopting AI.”

Google is using its search monopoly to coerce schools into adopting AI. This highlights the danger of allowing an unregulated monopolist to control an essential service.

Multiple courts have found Google liable for violating antitrust laws, and this latest move shows it remains unchastened.

As the public increasingly pushes back against the use of AI in schools, Google is making clear it will punish those who don’t fall in line.

Quoting @DanaGoldstein: Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NlE.VMKr.Cr-g-C6phyfH&smid=url-share