3 Google Labs Resources for Learning with AI

Google Labs serves as Google's experimentation environment, dedicated to creating AI-powered teaching resources. Thus, the platform provides several conceptual tools that use advanced models, such as Gemini, to help with studies.

The proposal is to offer more practical learning, for example, transforming academic articles into audio narrations or converting complex explanations into more accessible language.

Google Labs brings together AI tools for learning
At Google Labs, each feature functions as an educational experiment, designed for real-world usage scenarios. In general, they present themselves with intuitive interfaces, often in the form of conversations or simple commands to an AI chat.

It's no surprise that each of these features is presented as an "experiment". When you access Google Labs, you'll find several of these experimental features available for you to try.

Next, discover three of these features, which cover different areas from studying languages to developing programming skills.

AI for learning English and other languages
Among Google Labs' resources for languages is Little Language Lessons. It's a set of features that uses generative AI to make learning new languages more contextual.

Little Language Lessons offers three main ways of learning: Tiny Lesson, Slang Hang and Word Cam. - Credits: Reproduction/Google
For example, in "Tiny Lesson", the user describes an everyday situation, such as asking for information about an address, and receives useful vocabulary, phrases and grammatical explanations to communicate in that context.

To use the language tool in Google Labs, follow these steps:

- First of all, log in to your Google Labs account;
- On the home page, click on "Experiments", or "Experiments";
- Click on "Little Language Lessons" and accept the terms in "Continue";
- Now, just choose the experiment you want to do, "Tiny Lesson", "Slang Hang" or "Word Cam";
- Finally, select the language you want to learn and that's it. start studying.

NotebookLM organizes study materials
NotebookLM is a smart "notebook" that works as a study assistant. Instead of writing everything down manually, you can upload your documents to the system and ask the AI to extract the main points, summarize the content and propose revision ideas.

NotebookLM can turn your study materials into an AI-generated podcast; and even in Portuguese. - Credits: Reproduction/Google
In other words, it helps students transform a large volume of information into organized and easy-to-reference notes, which can help speed up understanding of the material.

For example, you can submit a study on a complex topic, and AI will help transform that content into an easier-to-understand explanation.

Follow the steps to try NotebookLM:

- On the Google Labs home page, click on "NotebookLM" and then on "Test NotebookLM";
- Now, send the content you want to analyze;
- You can do this through the "Send files" option, pasting text, adding a link or importing documents into Google Drive;
- Ready, the tool will create a summary of the content sent;
- Use the conversation field to interact, whether asking for a more detailed summary, explanations of complex terms or ask for lists on the subject.

AI Studio helps with programming
Google AI Studio is a platform that uses AI to help create programming codes. Because it works in the cloud, the platform facilitates learning by allowing beginners to generate and test codes without having to install programs on the computer.

Google AI Studio lets you prototype and test AI capabilities without having to code. - Credits: Reproduction/Google
For example, it is possible to type instructions in natural language and the AI will automatically generate the corresponding HTML, CSS and JavaScript code.

It is clear that those who already have programming knowledge tend to make better use of AI Studio's resources, as they can understand, review and adjust the generated code. Still, those just starting out can also use the tool to learn basic programming concepts in practice.

To use Google AI Studio, follow these steps:

- On the Google Labs home page, click on "Google AI Studio" and accept the terms;
- In "Playground" mode you can ask questions and resolve doubts about your programming projects;
- In the "Build" section, simply describe what you want to create for the AI to start generating the code, whether for an application, a tool or another project.
- AI Studio will generate the code automatically. Then, simply review the result and request adjustments or improvements if necessary.
- When finished, you can copy the final code or export it.

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