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Google says schools can switch off Gemini and keep search, but search with AI in it stays part of the AI package
If your child's school uses Google accounts, the school now has to choose whether to turn Google's AI on, and search counts as AI.
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After the midterms, local votes on data centers went against the builders, TechCrunch's Equity podcast says
TechCrunch· 7 NovTechCrunch reports that in dozens of local ballot measures this week voters rejected data centers, and some winners, such as Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa, campaigned on restricting them. A correction in the article says many of the measures would have imposed restrictions or moratoriums, and almost all of those passed. A host adds that OpenAI is already saying it can change its policies.
- If your business relies on one AI service, keep a second option you could switch to, in case local limits slow the supply of computing.
- If a data centre is planned near you, read the council's published plans and comment before the deadline, since the hosts say it has become a grassroots issue.
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