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Google to shut off search for schools that opt-out of AI

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Google announced Tuesday morning that it would switch off AI products by default for students in schools that use the technology giant’s education software. But those schools that forgo its AI services would also be cut off from Google Search.

The move comes after mounting criticism from advocacy groups and senators about the spread of Google’s AI services available in classrooms. Until Tuesday, its AI products — branded under the Gemini moniker — were automatically activated for schools using Google Classroom.

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USFrance 24

Trickle or tsunami? Democrats eye gains in US midterm elections

Will it be a trickle, a wave, or a tsunami? Election Day in the United States with Democrats hoping to take back one or both houses of Congress. We’ll track the turnout, gauge the mood and raise the curtain ahead of Midterms results that are sure to shape the last two years of Donald Trump’s second and final term. Will a US president who’s already broken norms with his maximum use of executive powers be affected by the results a little, a lot, or not at all?

USABC News

Convicted murderer who escaped prison captured

Jacob Morley, the convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee prison last month, has been taken into custody near Kansas City, Missouri, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday. Morley had escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) announced on Oct. 26. According to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, authorities responded to a report of a stolen vehicle on Tuesday morning, southwest of Marion, Illinois.

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