---
title: No AI, No Search Either
author: Benedikt Brünner
date: 2026-11-04
url: https://postgenerative.at/indications/2026-11-04/no-ai-no-search-either
lang: en
type: Indication
summary: Schools that want to disable Google's AI features apparently also lose access to traditional Google Search. Another indication of how generative AI is increasingly becoming an integral part of digital services.
tags:
  - Education
sources:
  - title: "heise online: Google: Schools That Disable AI Tools Also Lose Access to Search (translated title)"
    url: https://www.heise.de/news/Google-Schulen-die-KI-Tools-deaktivieren-verlieren-auch-Zugang-zur-Suche-11510788.html
  - title: "DER SPIEGEL: Google Blocks Search When Schools Reject AI (translated title)"
    url: https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/google-blockiert-suchfunktion-wenn-schulen-ki-ablehnen-a-127ea560-4390-4851-ab2f-1c6caf198a73
  - title: "The New York Times: Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I."
    url: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html
license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
alternate:
  de: https://postgenerativ.at/indizien/2026-11-04/keine-ki-dann-auch-keine-suche
---

# No AI, No Search Either

Schools want to decide for themselves whether and how generative AI should be used in the classroom. But this decision may be becoming increasingly difficult.

According to several media reports, disabling certain AI features in Google's services also makes traditional Google Search unavailable to students [1][2][3].

This means that a decision against generative AI also becomes a decision against an established search engine.

The case illustrates how closely generative AI is now intertwined with existing digital services. AI is no longer merely an additional feature that can be enabled or disabled independently. Instead, it is increasingly becoming a permanent part of digital infrastructure.

Another indication of a post-generative world in which the question is no longer just whether to use AI, but whether it is still possible to opt out of it altogether.