{"id":40902,"date":"2025-08-07T11:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=40902"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:21:20","slug":"%e8%b0%b7%e6%ad%8c%e4%b8%ba%e5%85%a8%e7%be%8e%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6%e7%94%9f%e9%80%81%e7%a6%8f%e5%88%a9%ef%bc%9a%e6%9c%aa%e6%9d%a5%e4%b8%89%e5%b9%b4%e6%8a%95%e5%85%a5-10-%e4%ba%bf%e7%be%8e%e5%85%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/40902.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Gives Benefits to College Students Across the U.S.: $1 Billion in AI Training and Subscriptions Over the Next Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- According to Reuters, on Wednesday, local time, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e8%b0%b7%e6%ad%8c\" title=\"[View articles tagged with [Google]]\" target=\"_blank\" >Google<\/a>announced that it will invest $1 billion (note: current exchange rate is approximately RMB 7.186 billion) over the next three years to provide U.S. colleges and nonprofit organizations with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/ai%e5%9f%b9%e8%ae%ad\" title=\"_OTHER ORGANISER\" target=\"_blank\" >AI training<\/a>and related tools.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40903\" title=\"3d0abc14j00t0lt9t003cd000u000k0p\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d0abc14j00t0lt9t003cd000u000k0p.jpg\" alt=\"3d0abc14j00t0lt9t003cd000u000k0p\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>there are already<strong>Over 100<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6\" title=\"[Sees articles with [University] labels]\" target=\"_blank\" >University<\/a><\/strong>Participating in this program are the nation's largest public university systems, including Texas A&amp;M University and the University of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Participating institutions have access to financial support and technical resources such as<strong>Cloud credits for AI training courses, or services to support AI-related research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The $1 billion investment also includes the value of certain paid AI tools. For example, Google will open up access to an advanced version of Gemini to college students for free.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Google senior vice president James Manica said the company plans to extend the program to all accredited nonprofit colleges and universities across the U.S. and has already begun to<strong>Negotiating similar cooperation with other countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of OpenAI, Anthropic and Amazon and other competitors have introduced AI into the education scene, Google's move is also seen as a trend. Last month, Microsoft announced that it would spend $4 billion (28.744 billion yuan at the current exchange rate) to promote the development of AI in the global education sector.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are widespread academic and societal concerns about AI in education, such as<strong>May promote cheating and may weaken critical thinking skills<\/strong>As a result, some schools are beginning to consider limiting the use of AI tools.<\/p>\n<p>Manika said that since Google started this education program at the beginning of the year, it has not yet encountered opposition from school administrations, but questions about the impact of AI still abound. \"We want to explore with these institutions to find the most appropriate use of these tools.\"<\/p>\n<p>He also added that this will help Google further optimize the future direction of the product.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 7 news, according to Reuters reports, local time on Wednesday, Google announced that it will invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in the next three years (note: the current exchange rate of about 7.186 billion yuan), for the United States of America's colleges and universities and non-profit organizations to provide AI training and related tools. More than 100 universities are already participating in the program, including Texas A&amp;M University, the University of North Carolina and other largest public university systems in the United States. Participating institutions have access to financial support and technical resources, such as cloud computing credits for AI training programs or services to support AI-related research. The $1 billion investment also includes the value of certain paid AI tools. For example, Google will make an advanced version of Gemini available to college students for free. 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