On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Google announced that starting next year AI tools will be turned off by default in software used by K-12 students. Teachers and administrators will have to enable the features for students to use them in Google Search.

“Search and AI are deeply integrated,” Chris Phillips, vice president for education at Google, said, according to the New York Times . He also said if a school bans Google’s AI tools, students “will not have access to Search, and they’ll see a message from their school that indicates it’s not available.”

If you’re a parent or educator, you should know you don’t have to use Google Search to teach your children. There are plenty of other free search engines you can try now.

Alternative search engines offer advantages over Google, including greater privacy in some instances. The main drawback to some of these engines is that they may lack comprehensive results. That means you might have to look through more results on other search engines than on Google.…