AI is changing how we learn, and raising important questions about ensuring learning can be a foundation for a better future. We published a paper on AI and the Future of Learning last week, and today in partnership with Google DeepMind, we are holding our Google AI for Learning Forum in London to bring together experts, academics, thinkers, students, educators, and more. Our objective is to discuss AI’s potential to benefit students, educators, and the ecosystem as a whole, collaborate on ideas, and forge partnerships. We’re also announcing $30 million in funding for learning projects as well as new partnerships and research.
We’re building useful products for learners and educators
Our AI products are developed in close collaboration with educators and are based on fundamental learning science. That’s why schools and universities globally are making Gemini — the world’s leading model for learning — available to students, educators and faculty.
In Estonia, a global leader in digital innovation and education, we’re partnering on their AI Leap initiative, a national program for meaningful and responsible AI integration across the education system. Championed by Estonia’s President Alar Karis, AI Leap will equip more than 20,000 students and teachers with access to the best AI tools and training, including Gemini for Education, to enhance their learning and prepare them for an AI-driven future. Google and the AI Leap Foundation will also conduct joint research on the outcomes to assess the benefits and potential risks of deploying AI tools in the classroom.
YouTube, one of the world’s largest and most accessible libraries for learning, is introducing its conversational AI tool to users in the UK. This makes it easier to learn from videos and get “unstuck” by asking questions to get explanations, see key concept summaries, and even take quizzes to test your knowledge of the video. We are conducting research to determine how our products are assisting students. AI is a transformative technology enabling new ways of teaching and learning. However, significant unanswered questions remain regarding its impact on learning outcomes. To address this, we’re committed to taking a rigorous scientific approach to understand AI’s full effects on students’ learning.
We are publishing the findings of an exploratory randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving 165 UK students between the ages of 13 and 15. Partnering with Eedi, we tested LearnLM — our purpose-built model for learning now infused into Gemini 2.5 — by integrating it into chat-based math tutoring, supervised by experienced teachers. LearnLM proved to be reliable, with only 0.1% of all messages containing factual errors. We also found students tutored by LearnLM were 5.5 percentage points more likely to independently solve novel problems in their next study session, indicating that a teacher using AI tools slightly outperforms a teacher who doesn’t use AI. Read more in our technical report.
We will be building on this research with further RCTs in the U.S., U.K., India, Sierra Leone and beyond to scientifically validate AI’s impact on learning outcomes globally.
We’re funding organizations that make learning tools more accessible
Today, we are providing $30 million in new funding from Google.org over the next three years to support efforts that are focused on driving transformative learning solutions and foundational research.
To kick this off, we’re announcing initial funding to organizations who are making AI and tech education universally accessible:
Raspberry Pi Foundation will lead global collaborative projects that shape how students learn to code effectively in the age of AI.
Fab AI will conduct international studies to measure AI’s impact on student learning outcomes.
Playlab will build a scalable system to increase AI literacy and equitable AI access in K-12 education by partnering with nonprofits to train teachers and implement AI programs.
With Google’s backing, Digital Promise, a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for each learner, released “A Framework for Powerful Learning with Emerging Technology” to help educators use AI and new technologies in the classroom. The framework provides recommendations and resources for designing and implementing AI, built on insights from more than 50 independent experts across education, technology and research.
