AI is changing the way we learn, and it raises important questions about how to ensure learning can be the basis for a better future. Last week, we published a paper on AI and the future of learning, and today in London we are bringing together experts, academics, thinkers, students, in collaboration with Google AI for learning. Our goal is to share ideas, share relationships and come together to carefully consider AI students to help students, teachers and the wider ecosystem. We're also announcing $30 million in funding for scholarship projects and new partnerships and research.
We create useful products for students and teachers
Our AI products are based on core learning science and developed in collaboration with the academic community. That's why schools and universities around the world are making Gemini – the world's leading learning model – accessible to students, teachers and talent.
We are working with the Government of Estonia, a global leader in digital innovation and education, in their AI Leap program, a national program for the meaningful and responsible integration of AI throughout the education system. LAUNCHED by Estonian President Alar Karis, AI Leap will equip more than 20,000 students and teachers with access to the best AI tools, including Gemini for education, to improve their learning. Google and the AI Leap Foundation will jointly develop research into the results of evaluating the potential benefits and risks of deploying AI tools in the classroom.
YouTube, one of the largest and most accessible learning libraries, is launching its AI tool for users in the UK. This makes it easier to learn from the videos – and get “unstuck” by asking questions for explanations, looking at summaries of key concepts and getting quizzes to test your knowledge of the video you're watching.
We are working on studies to understand how our products help students
AI is a transformative technology that enables new ways of teaching and learning. However, there are still important unanswered questions about its impact on learning outcomes. To address this, we are committed to taking a rigorous scientific approach to understanding the full effects of AI on student learning.
Today, we are publishing the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 165 pre-K students aged 16 to 15. Partnering with EEDI – We tested LEEDI – our purpose-built model for learning Gemini 2.5 – By implementing it in conversation-based, supervised teachers. LearnLM aims for reliability, with only 0.1% of all messages containing factual errors. We also found that students strengthened by LAEDLL were 5.5 percent more likely to solve novel problems in their next class, indicating that a teacher using AI tools is less effective than a teacher not using AI. Read more in our technical report.
We will build on this research with other RCTs in the US, UK, India, Sierra Leone and beyond that confirm the impact of science on learning outcomes around the world.
We feature organizations that make learning tools readily available
Today, we are providing $30 million in new funding from Google.org over the next three years to support efforts focused on dynamic learning solutions and foundational research.
To top this off, we're announcing the first round of funding for AI and Tech Education organizations in almost all of them:
- The Raspberry Pi Foundation will lead global collaborative projects in shaping how students learn to code successfully in the age of AI.
- Fab Ai will conduct international studies to measure the impact of AI on student learning outcomes.
- PlayLab will develop a structured program to increase AI literacy and AI access equally in K-12 Education in collaboration with the benefits of training teachers and implementing AI programs.
With the support of Google, the promise of digital, collaboration and profit around the world to increase the opportunity for each student, released a powerful learning framework and emerging technologies “to help teachers use AI and new technologies in the classroom. The framework provides recommendations and resources for the creation and use of AI, built on the opinion of more than 50 experts representing all education, technology and research.
