Sanders calls Google's policy extortion
Bernie SandersU.S. senator from Vermont
Sanders calls Google's school Search policy extortion and urges a pause in AI development.
“That’s not love. That’s extortion.”
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Is Google forcing AI on schools through its Search policy?
Google says new controls will let schools enable Search and Gemini services separately. Zohran Mamdani accuses Google of trying to use monopoly power to force AI into schools, and Bernie Sanders says schools stopping student AI use would lose Search. The disagreement concerns the choice schools would have.
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Sanders describes the school policy as coercive and calls for a pause in AI development.
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Sanders cites Trump's claim that AI oligarchs could regulate themselves because they love the country, then says Google is threatening schools with loss of Search if they stop student AI use.
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He ends by calling for a pause in AI development.
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Sanders rejects the school access policy as an improper threat.
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