The Students edition
The AI news of that week, in plain language.
This week: free study help that quizzes you, ads in ChatGPT, and why you should always check an AI source yourself.
Students get free Gemini for exams, and Chrome gets AI help on the page
Google is pushing AI hard for studying, but the most useful help is often already free in your school account.
Google gave students in Indonesia, Japan, the UK, and Brazil a free Gemini upgrade for exam preparation and writing support. At the same time, Gemini in Chrome launched for Windows and Mac: the assistant helps you directly on the web page you are reading, for example by summarising or explaining it, without switching tabs. For now, it is only available to paying users in the US. The lesson for you: check first whether your institution already offers something for free.
Background for subscribersBefore taking out a subscription, check whether your institution already offers an AI tool for free through your Microsoft 365 Education or Google Workspace account. You may already have Gemini in Google Docs or Copilot in Word. Bonus: if you log in with your school account, your work usually does not go into the model's training data. That saves money and is safer.
Free Gemini for students: exam help without a subscription
Google gave students in Indonesia, Japan, the UK, and Brazil a free Gemini upgrade for exam preparation and writing support. Not in the Netherlands yet, but it shows that the big players are offering free study help. So always check first whether your institution already arranges a tool at no cost.
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