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Google says schools can switch off Gemini and keep search, but search with AI in it stays part of the AI package
If your child's school uses Google accounts, the school now has to choose whether to turn Google's AI on, and search counts as AI.
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Mint's Diwali guide shows how to make personal greetings and images with Gemini and send them on WhatsApp
Mint· 8 NovMint published a step-by-step guide on 8 November for making Diwali greetings with Google Gemini. For text, you open the Gemini app or gemini.google.com, sign in, and give a specific prompt with the tone, the recipient and the length, then copy the answer into WhatsApp. For images, you ask Gemini to generate one with details of the setting, lighting and elements, save it, and send it with the text as the caption.
- Give Gemini the audience, tone and length, for example a 40-word professional wish for a client, and edit the result before you send it.
- Read the greeting once as the person who gets it, and check names, dates and any claims before it goes to a customer.
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