Google launches educational AI product “Learn About”, what are the highlights?

Google's educational AI product "Learn About" has the following highlights:

Personalized customization based on educational research

"Learn About" is built on the LearnLM AI model launched by Google this spring. The model is based on educational research and tailored to people's learning methods. It is more in line with user needs in educational scenarios and can provide more targeted learning content and guidance.

Rich visual and interactive elements

- Multimodal presentation: Unlike traditional chatbots, the answers provided by "Learn About" are not only text, but also integrate multiple visual and interactive elements such as pictures, videos and web pages. For example, when answering the question "What causes some marine organisms to glow?", in addition to text explanations, relevant pictures and popular science videos from the professional organization "National Geographic Kids Edition" are also provided, making the learning process more vivid and interesting, helping users to understand the knowledge more comprehensively.

- Textbook-style frame: The answer will also include a textbook-like frame to provide users with additional contextual information, such as explaining the importance of a certain knowledge point, or helping users expand their vocabulary through word definitions.

Guided learning experience

- Step-by-step guidance: The reply method is very similar to that of a teacher, from easy to difficult, and can guide users to gradually deepen their learning. For example, if you ask a question like "An eight-year-old wants to do a 'magnetic levitation experiment', how to do it", it will provide illustrated experimental steps, including material preparation, working principle explanation, etc. It will also guide users to think in the process, such as asking users to think about the practical application of magnetic levitation before giving answers. This method helps to cultivate users' independent thinking ability and spirit of exploration.

- Related learning topics: The sidebar will provide other learning topic prompts related to the question, which will facilitate users to conduct further exploration and learning, and help users build a more complete knowledge system.

Focus on educational content presentation

- Educational content prominence: When answering questions, it focuses more on providing educational content, not just facts and definitions. Taking "How big is the universe" as an example, "Learn About" will highlight the image of the educational website Physics Forums and add relevant learning content to help users better understand and master knowledge, unlike chat robots such as Gemini that show more encyclopedic summaries.

- Suitable for teaching and self-study: Very suitable for primary and secondary school teachers to prepare lessons and students to study on their own. Teachers can use its rich learning resources and diverse learning methods to better carry out teaching work and improve teaching effectiveness; students can get more systematic and in-depth learning guidance in the process of self-study.

Support multiple input methods

"Learn About" supports text and image input. Users can ask questions in a variety of ways to obtain the required knowledge more conveniently.

Continuously optimized feedback mechanism

As an experimental product, "Learn About" will prompt users that the answers they reply may contain inaccurate or misleading information when used for the first time. Users are encouraged to check their replies again and help improve the product by providing feedback on the results. This reflects Google's attitude of continuous optimization and improvement of products, which helps to improve the quality and performance of products.