Today, we are announcing the introduction of new AI safeguards designed to protect against misuse and new tools that leverage AI to make learning more engaging and accessible. We firmly believe in the transformative power of AI and its potential to improve lives and create a better world when approached with responsibility and boldness. Our research and products are already assisting people globally, aiding them in everyday tasks as well as their most ambitious, productive, and creative endeavors.
For us, responsible AI development means addressing its risks while maximizing the benefits for individuals and society. In this endeavor, we rely on our AI Principles, our own research, and feedback from experts, product users, and partners.
Generative AI is unlocking new ways for us to personalize learning experiences, making them more helpful and accessible. Today we're introducing LearnLM, a new family of models based on Gemini that have been fine-tuned for learning. LearnLM integrates research-backed learning science and academic principles into our products to help manage cognitive load while adapting to learners' goals, needs, and motivations. The result is a learning experience tailored to each individual's needs.
LearnLM powers features across our products including Gemini, Search, YouTube, and Google Classroom. In the Gemini app, the new Learning coach Gem offers step-by-step study guidance designed not just to provide answers but to build understanding. On the YouTube app on Android devices, users can engage with educational videos in novel ways such as asking follow-up questions or checking knowledge with quizzes.
We recognize that collaboration is key to unlocking generative AI's full potential for the broader education community. Hence we are partnering with leading educational organizations like Columbia Teachers College, Arizona State University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and Khan Academy to test and improve our models so we can extend LearnLM beyond our own products.
In addition to these partnerships we have collaborated with MIT RAISE to develop an online course providing educators with tools needed for effective use of generative AI in the classroom and beyond.
We have also developed an experimental tool called Illuminate. This tool uses Gemini 1.5 Pro’s long context capabilities to transform complex research papers into short audio dialogues. In just a few minutes, Illuminate can generate a conversation between two AI-generated voices, providing an overview and brief discussion of key insights from research papers.
While these breakthroughs are helping us deliver on our mission in new ways, we acknowledge that generative AI is still an emerging technology with risks and questions that will arise as the technology advances and its uses evolve. That’s why we believe it’s imperative to take a responsible approach to AI, guided by our AI Principles.
Today, our AI advances are already helping people solve real-world problems and advance scientific breakthroughs. We’ve announced three exciting scientific milestones just in the past few weeks. This is in addition to the societally-beneficial results we’ve seen from work like flood forecasting and UN Data Commons for the SDGs.
In fact, we recently published a report highlighting all the ways AI can help advance our progress on the world’s shared Sustainable Development Goals. This is just the beginning — we’re excited about what lies ahead and what we can accomplish working together.