Google’s Learn About gives you educational answers like you would expect in a textbook.
Google is introducing a new experimental AI tool called Learn About. The tool is based on the LearnLM AI model that the tech giant introduced this year. Google Gemini is already an advanced AI chatbot, but the company wants Learn About to let users learn. Artificial intelligence can completely change the way we learn, according to the company.
Different from the rest
Learn About distinguishes itself by presenting answers as in digital textbooks: they are visually appealing, interactive and focused on learning. This makes the tool not only informative, but also educational.
In a comparison by The Verge between Google Learn About and Google Gemini, the differences are easy to see. To the simple question “How big is the universe?” both tools give the same answer, but in a different style. Gemini uses an image from Wikipedia and provides two paragraphs with different source citations.
Learn About, on the other hand, displays an image from the educational website Physics Forum and adds related info. In addition, the tool also displays separate blocks clarifying certain words and why the universe is important. The sidebar shows related questions and topics. So this tool is really focused on getting its users to learn rather than providing facts and definitions.
The experimental AI tool is not yet available in our country. It is also not yet known when Learn About will be fully on point and if it will ever be rolled out in Europe.