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Fast Company
3 days ago
- Fast Company
Exclusive: Google Gemini adds AI tutoring, heating up the fight for student users
BY Just in time for the new school year, Google has introduced a tool called Guided Learning within its Gemini chatbot. Unlike tools that offer instant answers, Guided Learning breaks down complex problems step-by-step to support deeper understanding. The new feature is part of the AI industry's broader response to growing concerns that chatbots like ChatGPT may undermine education by bypassing the learning process with quick answers. To learn more about Google's ambitions, strategy, and how its new Guided Learning tool works, Fast Company spoke with DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim and Dave Messer, a Google product executive. Google recognizes that while students may sometimes need to look up facts quickly—a strength of searchbots and chatbots—they also benefit from AI that helps them reason through more complex topics. 'Our vision is really to have an AI tutor for every student and a TA for every teacher,' says Dave Messer, a former teacher and now the product manager of Guided Learning. The tool mimics a human tutor by tailoring its approach to each student's learning style, Messer says. Similar to OpenAI's new Study mode in ChatGPT (announced last week), Guided Learning guides students through subjects using a conversational method. Instead of delivering answers outright, it leads users to insights through a series of thoughtful questions. These questions are designed to teach students the 'how' and 'why' behind a topic, encouraging learning throughout the exchange.
The Verge
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Google Gemini can now create AI-generated bedtime stories
Google rolled out a new tool within its Gemini AI chatbot that lets you create an illustrated story by simply describing it. The feature, called 'Storybook,' generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud, along with an accompanying illustration. You can customize your story by asking Gemini to use specific art styles, such as ones inspired by claymation, anime, comics, and more. Google also lets you upload photos and other images for Gemini to reference, like uploading a child's drawing and asking Gemini to create a story about it. I just had to try out these features for myself, so I first asked Gemini to create a story about a catfish struggling to make friends in a new aquarium. As I flipped through the 'pages,' I found that the plot it generated about the tank's inhabitants trying to move a marble was pretty lame. But other than that, everything seemed pretty standard for an AI-generated children's story, until I came across one illustration that put a human arm on one of the fish. Another Gemini-generated story made a page involving spaghetti sauce look like a cartoon crime scene, while an AI image of a mother and son watching TV put the screen on the wrong side. My colleague Andrew Liszewski even spotted an AI-generated oddity in Google's own video about the feature, which shows a woman building a spaceship and making 'tap, tap, tap' noises while holding a wrench and some other tool I can't make out. Besides coming across some inconsistencies in character designs, I didn't spot any other blatant AI weirdness in some of the other stories I had Gemini create. However, the chatbot didn't seem to share my artistic vision when I uploaded an image of a cartoon cat that I drew. The Gemini Storybook feature is available globally on desktop and mobile, including in all the languages Gemini currently supports. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All by Emma Roth Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All AI Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Apps Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Google Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All News Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. See All Tech
