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title: "Google’s AI push in schools fuels plunging test scores — as kids left ‘dependent’ on chatbots: report"
description: "A report says Google's expansion of AI tools in schools coincides with falling test scores and students becoming academically and emotionally dependent on chatbots."
kind: "wire"
section: "Society"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-06T19:35:21.000Z"
updated: "2026-10-06T19:35:21.000Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/society/googles-ai-push-in-schools-fuels-plunging-test-scores-as-kids-left-dependent-on"
source_url: "https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/business/googles-ai-push-in-schools-fuels-test-scores-plunge-kids-dependent-on-chatbots-report/"
source_name: "New York Post"
archive_url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20261002112644/https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/business/googles-ai-push-in-schools-fuels-test-scores-plunge-kids-dependent-on-chatbots-report/"
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# Google’s AI push in schools fuels plunging test scores — as kids left ‘dependent’ on chatbots: report

*A report says Google's expansion of AI tools in schools coincides with falling test scores and students becoming academically and emotionally dependent on chatbots.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 6, 2026

Source: [Google’s AI push in schools fuels plunging test scores — as kids left ‘dependent’ on chatbots: report](https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/business/googles-ai-push-in-schools-fuels-test-scores-plunge-kids-dependent-on-chatbots-report/) — New York Post