Like OpenAI, Google too stressed that it worked with educators, students, and pedagogical experts [File]
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Google on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) announced that it was launching a ‘Guided Learning’ mode in its AI service Gemini that would help users learn with the chatbot in a more collaborative way.
The update comes several days after rival OpenAI introduced a ‘Study Mode’ in ChatGPT that was aimed at breaking down more educational or academic problems into smaller steps or processes, rather than giving learners an answer right away.
Guided Learning follows a similar approach, by posing open-ended questions, encouraging deep dives into a subject, and adapting explanations to user needs.
Gemini’s Guided Learning further integrates images, diagrams, videos, and interactive quizzes in order to offer a multimedia approach to learning, rather than just generating text. Some responses can even include YouTube videos to enhance learning, per the company.
Like OpenAI, Google too stressed that it worked with educators, students, and pedagogical experts for this purpose. Google pointed to the development of LearnLM, a family of models that it said was grounded in educational research.
“We worked with educators to design Guided Learning to be a partner in their teaching, built on the core principle that real learning is an active, constructive process. It encourages students to move beyond answers and develop their own thinking by guiding them with questions that foster critical thought,” said Google VP of Learning, Maureen Heymans, in a blog post.
OpenAI and Google are working to bring their AI offerings to schools, universities, and educational institutions through more accessible and affordable channels. However, many educators and researchers have raised concern about students failing to develop their academic research skills, reading comprehension, media literacy, or communication skills when they overly rely on chatbots.
Published – August 07, 2025 12:20 pm IST