{"id":9751,"date":"2025-07-01T09:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=9751"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:22:14","slug":"google-gemini-ai-tool-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2025\/07\/01\/google-gemini-ai-tool-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Gemini AI tool now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google Gemini, a suite of generative AI tools, is now available to all Swarthmore students and employees. As we continue to explore the potential of artificial intelligence, Gemini offers a secure platform for experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gemini is available via a web chatbot at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\">gemini.google.com<\/a> and mobile applications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=google+gemini+app+links+store&amp;oq=google+gemini+app+links+store&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhA0gEINzA2NWowajeoAgCwAgA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#:~:text=Google%20Gemini%20on,app%20%E2%80%BA%20google%2Dgemini\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard&amp;hl=en_US\">Android<\/a> devices. Sign in with your Swarthmore Google account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data Privacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A critical aspect of this rollout is ensuring the privacy and security of data. When you access Gemini using your Swarthmore Google account, your conversations and any data you provide are <strong>not<\/strong> used to train Google&#8217;s AI models. If you choose to use Gemini with a personal Google account, your data may be used for training purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Uses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AI tools such as Gemini can be used for <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brainstorming<\/li><li>Summarizing documents<\/li><li>Researching new topics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As with any AI tool, there can be errors and content generated with the assistance of AI should always be manually checked for accuracy and bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More and Share Your Feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/swatkb.atlassian.net\/wiki\/spaces\/ACADTECH\/pages\/461864962\">Artificial Intelligence Resources<\/a> page for more information on AI tools available at Swarthmore and guidelines for using AI in teaching, learning, and working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are interested to see the ways our community will utilize Gemini. As you begin to explore its capabilities, we welcome your feedback and questions. Reach out to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/its\/its-staff#academic-technology\">Academic Technologist<\/a> or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.swarthmore.edu\/\">ITS service portal<\/a> to get in touch.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Gemini, a suite of generative AI tools, is now available to all Swarthmore students and employees. As we continue to explore the potential of artificial intelligence, Gemini offers a secure platform for experimentation. Gemini is available via a web &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2025\/07\/01\/google-gemini-ai-tool-now-available\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Gemini AI tool now available<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":9752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,436,138,97],"tags":[344,343,90,539,258],"class_list":{"0":"post-9751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-academic-technology","8":"category-artificial-intelligence-2","9":"category-google-apps","10":"category-software","11":"tag-ai","12":"tag-artificial-intelligence","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-gemini","15":"tag-google","17":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Google_Gemini_logo.svg_.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-2xh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9753,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions\/9753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}