New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a message for Google: keep your AI out of our classrooms. Or at least, don't assume you get to decide how it gets in.

On Tuesday, Mamdani accused Alphabet Inc.'s Google (GOOGL) (GOOG) of trying to force AI into public schools, after the company said it will restrict its AI tools and Search for students in schools. The timing is fun: Google framed the move as giving schools more control, and Mamdani framed it as a monopoly flex.

Google Using 'Monopoly Power'

In a post on X Tuesday, Mamdani said "no corporation should have the power to dictate how we teach our children," and that Google is trying to use its "monopoly power to force AI" into schools.

Public schools, he added, exist to serve students, "not to grow the profit margins of Big Tech."

Google did not immediately respond to MarketDash's request for comment.

'More Choice, Not Less'

Google announced Tuesday that it will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search for K-12 student accounts by default, a change it said follows requests from schools for more control over student AI use.

Schools can switch each service back on, and the company said it will share details in the coming months before the change rolls out.

Google said the changes give schools "more choice, not less."

The company is also updating Search for schools, with AI Mode and AI Overviews set to walk students through problems step by step so they "don't get quick answers to schoolwork."

A Guided Learning pilot in search starts in select U.S. schools later this month, and the tool is available worldwide in Google Classroom.

NYC Already Limits Student AI

Mamdani isn't just talking. In September, he announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for 2-K through eighth grade, covering nearly 600,000 students.

Earlier this year, Anthropic PBC expanded its education offerings with Claude for Teachers, which gives verified U.S. K-12 educators access to AI tools for lesson planning, classroom materials, assessments, and administrative work.

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