I'm guessing it's less about the AI in search and more about making sure kids are exposed to the larger Gemini ecosystem
replyThey want to make everyone cognitively dependent on AI so they can further insert themselves into our lives for profit. The younger they hook us the easier that will be.
replyThey also need the children's use of AI for behavioral training data so they can better capture that user base.
replyGoogle workspace playbook on steroids.
replyNot just universities. If it were universities it wouldn't be so bad since most students have their own laptop and can make their own decisions. This is a play to get AI in the hands of young kids. Most public K-12 schools use Google, so they either have to opt-in to AI and/or their 'helpful' educational chatbot, or not use search at all.
replyThe AI will eventually incorporate ads.
replyOr already is. Subtly recommending/promoting certain products over others seems reasonably likely.
replyYou should offer at least a shred of evidence when making accusations like this.
replyHere's a shred of evidence for ya:
replyhttps://beomniscient.com/blog/the-9-best-llm-seo-agencies-fo...
Right now it's either ChatGPT ads or gaming search data to try and end up in AI overviews.
replyOh, I agree that is probably BS right now, but when the bias is hidden in the weights, you’re never going to find it.
replyJust wait for “$1000/mo for a 10% chance your product is mentioned in the AI summary for an auto parts search”.
C'mon. It is almost like we haven't lived this in everything else (search, social, ...).
replyFrankly this seems like a good decision to me.
replyGoogle's search is increasingly AI driven (as it should be, i do not want to click on reddit links and waste my time skimming through the 1000 comment threads), asking Google to maintain a non-AI search engine is like asking Tesla to come up with an ICE engine car right now. It is not happening.
Google Search I would expect will increasingly become more like Gemini and less like traditional search. Schools could certainly go to DuckDuckGo or other search engines that are free. (Google has shown that it does not care if they do as it sees it as a dying business.)
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replyI think they're just asserting control. They want to control what you see on your devices. They own the worlds largest search engine, and they think they get to pick what's on it.
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