New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Tech giant Google has addressed the controversy over allegedly forcing artificial intelligence in schools. Google said Tuesday that it will turn off Gemini, the chatbot that was turned on for many K-12 students using Google Classroom since August, by default.

Access to Google's AI features - Gemini, Gemini Notebook and Gemini in Classroom - as well as Google search will be automatically turned off for K-12 student accounts until "school administrators explicitly turn them on," Chris Phillips, Google's vice president and general manager of education, said in a blog post.

"We believe schools should have control over AI in their classrooms and in providing administrators with controls to help them manage their approach...