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  "id": 18256459,
  "title": "Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/google-turns-off-ai-for-schoolchildren-by-default",
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  "published": "2026-11-05T05:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
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  "summary": "Google has said it will switch off its AI tools for schoolchildren by default, after drawing criticism for pushing artificial intelligence features to students while schools are still debating how the technology should be used in classrooms. The feature was switched on by default for students at schools that had already enabled Gemini.",
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        "title": "Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default",
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