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Why is Google Holding Schools Hostage?

Hosted byCal Newport

Last week, Google announced that, in response to pressure from parents and educators, it would allow schools to turn off AI tools in their widely used education apps. Cal Newport analyzes this announcement and provides a logical explanation on how to react to this recent news.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro: Google's ultimatum to schools

01:59 What's actually going on?

05:23 Can Google really not separate Search from AI?

07:25 The real reasons Google is doing this

08:43 How should we react? Option 1: Sue Google

10:54 Option 2: Switch search engines

13:37 Option 3: Legislation

16:12 Final thoughts: Get out of our classrooms

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