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Chicago schools to Google – we'd rather lose Search than be forced to accept AI

Chicago schools to Google – we'd rather lose Search than be forced to accept AI

Chris Phillips, Google's VP and GM for education, stated that K-12 schools will soon be forced to accept the company's AI services.

Key points

  • •The statement was made in early November by Chris Phillips, Google's vice president and general manager for education.
  • •He said that K-12 schools will soon have to accept Google's AI services.
  • •The comment is reported in the context of schools' resistance to AI adoption, potentially at the cost of Search.
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