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New York signs a law making AI chatbots check ages and stop pretending to be a child's friend or partner
If a child in your life uses an AI chatbot, New York has just written down what those chatbots are no longer allowed to say to them.


The Gemini app adds a library of immersive explorations, from the Silk Road to the inside of a jet engine
Google says the Gemini app now has a library of immersive explorations, an interactive, visual way to explore topics layer by layer, from microscopic systems to deep space. You open it in the Gemini student hub by choosing Try immersive explorations, and will soon be able to open them directly in a chat. Examples include tracing trade routes on the Silk Road, peering inside a jet engine and the physics of lightning. Audio narration is coming soon.
- Open the Gemini app, go to the student hub and pick Try immersive explorations, then tap the labels to go deeper into one topic you or your child is studying.
- If you train staff, try one on a subject you teach and see whether the layered view explains it better than a slide.
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