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Google reportedly plans to disable its search services for schools that refuse to adopt its artificial intelligence tools, according to a New York Times report. The move would tie a widely used everyday service to AI acceptance in education, prompting debate about coercion, vendor dependence and how far tech companies can push schools into adopting generative AI in classrooms.

The Nasdaq is drawing global search attention as US markets close a turbulent quarter. Intel lost nearly a third of its value, while the crypto market recovered from a hack on the largest exchange. Comments from Trump and developments around OpenAI have kept stocks on a roller coaster, with investors watching tech shares closely ahead of the new quarter.

Alphabet's market value has dropped by roughly $500 billion as investors grow anxious about the impact of artificial intelligence on Google's search business. Reports say fears that AI chatbots could erode Google's dominance in online advertising triggered a sharp sell-off in the company's shares, with the decline described as one of the largest single-day losses in market history.

The Nasdaq is in focus as a Wall Street sell-off continues, with investors increasingly questioning whether the massive wave of AI-related investment will deliver adequate returns. CNN describes the spending as a 'monster AI splurge', and searches for the Nasdaq are surging across the US, India, Canada, France, Brazil, Singapore, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK, indicating broad global concern about tech valuations.

Google will disable Search access for schools that refuse to adopt artificial intelligence, according to a New York Times report. The move has sparked debate about Google's leverage over education and whether access to core internet services should be tied to AI acceptance.

Google will cut off search access for students at schools that refuse to adopt its AI tools, according to ABC News. The reported policy would tie a school's continued access to Google Search to its willingness to use the company's AI offerings in the classroom. Critics are likely to view the move as using a core educational service to push AI adoption.

A senior Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor cited a non-existent case during a High Court hearing over whether an 11-year-old boy should face prosecution for the rape of his sister. The CPS said the citation came from an AI-generated summary in an internet search, and two judges raised the error, prompting concern about lawyers relying on unverified AI tools in serious criminal proceedings.

The Nasdaq is in focus amid a continuing Wall Street sell-off, with investors questioning whether the massive surge in AI-related spending will generate adequate returns. The tech-heavy index's decline has pushed it into trending searches across Brazil, India, Canada, France and the UK, reflecting broad international attention to the market's reassessment of the AI investment boom.

Nebius Group shares are under pressure, falling about 3% even after Rosenblatt issued a new buy rating on the stock, with CoreWeave also slipping. Reports from Benzinga and 24/7 Wall St. are circulating asking why the AI infrastructure company's shares are dropping on Monday. Investors are watching whether analyst optimism can outweigh the current sell-off in AI-related names.

The Nasdaq is trending worldwide amid a continuing Wall Street sell-off. CNN reports investors are increasingly questioning whether the massive spending on artificial intelligence by major tech companies will deliver adequate returns, prompting pulling back from stocks that had driven much of the market's gains. The index is among top searches in the US, India, Canada, France, Brazil, Singapore, Italy, Germany and the UK.

Google has introduced a new rule for schools using its centralized education platform: if a school wants to block Google's AI features entirely, Google will also block the school's access to its search engine. The policy affects thousands of schools that rely on Google's education tools, effectively giving administrators an all-or-nothing choice between AI features and core services like search.

Google is turning off its Search service entirely in schools that opt out of its AI features, according to a report by The Verge. Students in institutions that reject the company's AI tools will instead see notices telling them Search is unavailable. Critics are calling the move coercive, arguing it pressures schools into accepting AI rather than offering a genuine choice, and it is drawing comparisons to other controversial platform decisions.

Commentary from The Guardian argues Google Search has declined from an indispensable tool to something far less useful, blaming the company's rollout of AI-generated summaries at the top of results. The piece suggests these overviews are undermining the quality of search while also eating into Google's advertising profits, and questions whether that damage might ultimately push the company to change course.

Google is changing how Search works, adding AI-guided learning features to results, according to a report from 9to5Google. A widely shared comment argues that people should work to 'de-Google' their lives in response, framing the change as a reason to reduce dependence on Google's search and services.

Google will remove student access to its search engine at schools that block its artificial intelligence tools, according to a New York Times report. The policy ties a widely used free service to AI adoption, and the move is drawing criticism from educators and commentators who see it as coercive, forcing schools to choose between search access and restricting AI in classrooms.