Google’s AI push could put NYC students’ search access at risk, Council leaders warn

City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Shekar Krishnan pressed Google on Thursday over changes that could force New York City public schools to choose between permitting AI-generated features in Google Search and losing student access to the search engine. In a Nov. 12 letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the lawmakers asked whether the company would allow students to use Google Search without AI-generated summaries, chatbot features or other generative AI tools. They requested a written response by Nov. 19. "The City Council will not permit Google or any private firm to abuse its market power to force its products into classrooms, particularly those that utilize AI," Menin and Krishnan, who chairs the Council's Committee on Oversight and Investigations, said in a joint statement. The demand follows Google's Nov.

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