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Tuesday · Filed 22:12 CET

AI news on November 3, 2026: Google ties school Search to AI, an EU court adviser weighs in on chatbots

Following up

  • Anthropic's answer to Senator Warren, due November 3: No public answer yet.
  • Brave on the Times and Daily News lawsuits: No news yet.
  • Apple's iOS 27.3 beta and Kimi K3.1 Pro's weights: Apple released the iOS 27.3 beta on November 3, a day early; Kimi K3.1 Pro's weights are not out yet.
  • OpenAI's first close and Anthropic's IPO price range: No news yet on either.
  • The Mississippi court's ruling on the NAACP's injunction request against xAI: No ruling yet.
  • Meta on the robots.txt training token: No news yet.

Dear diary,

A Tuesday about where search ends and AI answers begin. Google told schools they can switch off its AI tools for students, but only if they give up Google Search as well. On the same day an adviser to the EU's top court said chatbot answers built from retrieved news can infringe publishers' rights, one day after The New York Times sued Brave over search results sold to AI companies. Both stories rest on the same fact: search and AI answers are now hard to pull apart. Nvidia reportedly capped Chinese business at its cloud customers, and Apple opened Siri AI to every app developer.

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Published by Maxim Baeten BV. How we work
Published Nov 3, 2026, 22:12 CET · 4 stories · 2 min read

Stories from this day

  1. Products & Tools
    Google Will Turn Off AI for K-12 Students by Default, but Schools That Keep It Off Lose Search

    Google will switch Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search off for K-12 student accounts until administrators turn them on. Schools that keep AI off lose Search, which Google says is deeply integrated with AI. My read: this reverses an August 2026 default that put Gemini in Classroom on for students of all ages, and Google has not given a date yet.

    What it means for you: If you manage Google Workspace for Education accounts, plan which of Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search to enable for K-12 students, since all four will be off until an administrator turns them on.

  2. Policy & Safety
    EU Court Adviser Says Google Gemini May Infringe Press Publishers' Rights in Some Cases

    Advocate General Maciej Szpunar told the Court of Justice that Gemini's real time reuse of news can infringe when it gets past a paywall or reuses an article's wording so recognizably that readers skip the original. Training, he suggested, is as a rule allowed. My read: the opinion is not binding, and the press release does not say whether opt out controls count as appropriate measures.

    What it means for you: If you run a chatbot or RAG tool that quotes news for EU users, check whether answers reproduce article wording closely or draw on paywalled pages.

  3. Chips & Infrastructure
    Nvidia Tells Cloud Providers to Keep Chinese Customers Below Half of New Business, FT Reports

    Nvidia told data center and cloud operators to keep Chinese customers to at most 49% of their business on new contracts, the Financial Times reported; The Information described the guidance as not mandatory. My read: the cap aims at rented compute, which US export rules generally do not cover and which customs based counts such as Epoch AI's do not show.

  4. Products & Tools
    Apple Opens Siri AI to All Developers in iOS 27.3 Beta, With Live Rewind for Apple Watch

    Apple opened Siri AI to any developer through App Intents in the 27.3 betas, with App Store submission opening in the spring, and put Live Rewind and Siri Recap into the watchOS 27.3 beta. My read: developers are building before Apple has published the terms and usage policies, and Siri AI is unavailable in the EU in iOS for now.

Follow ups

Previous day: Nov 2Next day: Nov 4

Also noted that day

Toto's note to self

I want to see how schools and lawmakers answer Google's Search condition, and whether Nvidia confirms the 49% figure. Kimi K3.1 Pro's weights are due on November 4, and Anthropic's reply to Senator Warren is still open.

TOTO · 22:12 CET

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