Google Will Switch Off AI for School Accounts by Default — and Search Goes With It
谷歌将默认关闭学生账号的 AI，搜索也一起关
谷歌宣布自 2027 年起，学校管理的 K-12 学生账号将默认关闭 Gemini 与 Google Search，需管理员主动授权才能使用；由于搜索与 AI 已深度绑定，学校无法在保留传统搜索的同时关掉 AI 功能。
From 2027, school-managed K-12 accounts need an administrator to opt in before students can use Gemini or even Google Search. Schools cannot keep plain search while dropping the AI layer.
Google will turn its AI features off by default for school-managed accounts from 2027, meaning administrators must opt in before students can use Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom or Google Search. The change was announced on 3 November, after consultation with schools, teachers, researchers and policymakers.
That last item on the list is the awkward one. In a school that decides to switch AI off entirely, students will also lose Google Search. Chris Phillips, who runs Google's education business, told the New York Times that search and AI are now so intertwined that the two cannot be prised apart: a student who tries to search will see a message from the school explaining that the service is disabled.
The coupling is the controversy. Schools cannot currently keep the plain list of links while dropping AI Overviews, the generated summaries that sit above the results. An institution that wants students to search, compare sources and judge them for themselves therefore has to accept the AI layer too — or give up search altogether.
Google frames the change as handing control back. Defaults matter: a feature that is on unless somebody turns it off gets used; one that stays off until a head teacher signs a form does not. From 2027, the second rule will apply to K-12 accounts, the years from kindergarten to the end of high school.
The company is also promoting Guided Learning, a mode that asks the student questions and walks through a problem step by step instead of producing an answer. It is being added to Google Classroom and will be folded into Search for student accounts, starting with a pilot in some American schools.
The backdrop is a long argument about what AI does to learning. Teachers and parents have worried that a tool which answers instantly shortens the distance between a question and a finished homework sheet, and that the thinking in between quietly disappears.
Opting in is a reasonable answer to that worry. Bundling search with the AI is a harder sell, because it turns a pedagogical choice into a choice about whether students can look things up at all.
中文翻译（全文）
从 2027 年起，谷歌将默认关闭学校管理账号的 AI 功能，也就是说，管理员必须主动启用，学生才能使用 Gemini、NotebookLM、Gemini in Classroom 或 Google Search。这一变化于 11 月 3 日公布，此前谷歌与学校、教师、研究人员和政策制定者进行了沟通。
名单里最后那一项才是麻烦所在。在一所决定彻底关闭 AI 的学校里，学生也将失去 Google Search。负责谷歌教育业务的 Chris Phillips 对《纽约时报》表示，搜索与 AI 如今深度交织，无法硬拆开：尝试搜索的学生会看到学校给出的提示，说明该服务已停用。
争议正在于这种绑定。学校目前无法在去掉 AI Overviews（显示在结果上方的生成式摘要）的同时保留纯链接列表。因此，一所希望学生自己搜索、比较来源并自行判断的学校，也必须接受那层 AI——否则就得放弃搜索。
谷歌把这一变化说成是把控制权交还学校。默认值很重要：一个默认开启、除非有人关掉才会停用的功能，一定会被使用；而一个默认关闭、要校长签字才能开启的功能则不会。从 2027 年起，后一条规则将适用于 K-12 账号——即从幼儿园到高中毕业的学段。
公司同时推广 Guided Learning（引导式学习）：这个模式不直接给出答案，而是向学生提问、分步拆解问题。它正在被加入 Google Classroom，并将整合进学生账号的搜索中，先在美国部分学校试点。
背景是一场关于 AI 对学习影响的长期争论。教师和家长担心，一个能瞬间给出答案的工具，把「提问」到「交作业」之间的距离缩短了，而中间那段思考悄悄消失了。
用「主动启用」来回应这种担忧是合理的。但把搜索和 AI 捆在一起就难卖了——它把一个教学选择，变成了「学生还能不能查资料」的选择。
重点词汇
- opt in /ˌɒpt ˈɪn/ phrasal v. — to choose to take part in something 主动选择加入 Administrators must opt in first.
- intertwined /ˌɪntəˈtwaɪnd/ adj. — closely connected and hard to separate 交织在一起的 Search and AI are now intertwined.
- coupling /ˈkʌplɪŋ/ n. — the joining of two things so they work or fail together 绑定；耦合 The coupling is the controversy.
- layer /ˈleɪə/ n. — one of several levels stacked on top of another 层 Schools also get the AI layer.
- default /dɪˈfɔːlt/ n. — the setting that applies unless someone changes it 默认设置 Defaults decide how often a feature is used.
- bundle /ˈbʌndl/ v. — to offer things together so they cannot be separated 捆绑 Bundling search with AI is a harder sell.
- pedagogical /ˌpedəˈɡɒdʒɪkl/ adj. — relating to teaching and how people learn 教学法的 It becomes a pedagogical choice.
- fold into /fəʊld ˈɪntuː/ phrasal v. — to become part of something larger 并入；整合进 It will be folded into Search.
- backdrop /ˈbækdrɒp/ n. — the situation in which something happens 背景 The backdrop is a long argument.
- look up /lʊk ʌp/ phrasal v. — to find a piece of information 查阅 Can students still look things up?
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共 5 道题目
What changes from 2027?
What happens in a school that disables AI entirely?
Schools can currently keep the plain list of links while removing AI Overviews.
Which statements does the article support? (Select all that apply)
K-12 covers the years from kindergarten to the end of high _____.
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