AI-made photos, clips, and voices now spread faster than anyone can trace them. Google says it has already marked more than 180 billion images and videos, but its new public checker spots only files from companies that agreed to use the system.
The AI study tools Google first gave teachers, then college students, now reach children in primary and secondary school. The change folds a chatbot into the daily routine of a platform used by roughly 150 million people, and it lands as researchers warn that leaning on AI too early can hollow out how young minds learn.
At Google I/O on May 19, Sundar Pichai said the Gemini app passed 900 million monthly users, up from 400 million a year earlier. Google also dropped the entry price of its Ultra plan from $249.99 to $99.99 a month and made Gemini 3.5 Flash its default model.