Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App
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Google enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that have allowed student access to Gemini. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for students 18 or older.
Listen · 5:19 min Share full article Starting this week, a new Gemini tab within Classroom lets some students seek A.I. help on math problems and writing assignments; generate course aids like study guides, quizzes and flashcards; and produce images. Credit... Ysa Pérez for The New York Times By Natasha Singer
Natasha Singer has covered tech in schools for more than a decade.
Google Classroom, a learning management system for posting assignments and turning in schoolwork, is used by more than 150 million students and teachers worldwide. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for students 18 or older .
Now, a new Gemini tab within Classroom will allow students of all ages to seek A.I. help on math problems and writing assignments. They can also generate course aids like study guides, quizzes and flashcards, as well as produce images.
In an email, Google said it had made Gemini available in Classroom because the new setup would enable students to ask the A.I. about specific course materials and assignments provided by their teachers.
Google said the A.I. changes in Classroom would affect only schools that allowed student access to its Gemini app or Gemini Notebook, another Google product. School administrators may turn Gemini access on or off for all students, the company noted, or for specific groups of students, like those in lower grades.
Even so, school administrators said Google made so many changes to its A.I. products for schools that it could be difficult for them to keep track or even know what was turned on or off.
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