Google Gemini

Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal briefs. When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.”

1. Teachers and Parents Can’t See AI Chat Transcripts While Gemini may be “student safe,” only administrators can review chat histories. That’s a huge blind spot. If a student is confused by a Gemini response, misuses the tool, or gets inaccurate information—teachers and parents won’t know unless the student says something.

2. Is AI doing the thinking—or the student? Many features encourage speed and convenience, but could inadvertently promote over-reliance. Students can get summaries, answers, and explanations so easily that critical thinking risks taking a backseat.

3. There’s no way to track edits or usage Gemini doesn’t offer version history for AI-generated content. That means teachers can’t see how a document evolved—or how much of it came from AI.

4. Equity gaps may widen Some schools have tech coaches, training time, and infrastructure to support thoughtful AI use. Others don’t. Without equitable implementation support, Gemini’s benefits may be limited to already well-resourced districts.

The plan includes access to: Higher limits to our image generation and editing model (fondly known as Nano Banana) in the Gemini app More access to Google's video generation model, Veo 3 Fast, directly in the Gemini app, and in cutting-edge AI image and filmmaking tools Whisk and Flow Gemini built into Gmail, Docs, Sheets and more Higher limits in NotebookLM 200 GB of storage across Photos, Drive and Gmail Plus, you can share these benefits and more with up to five other family members.