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Google is gifting a year of Gemini Advanced to every college student in the US (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like gifting someone a some junky kitchen gadget for getting married. They never use it, it's sits in a box forever and they are unable to give it away because no one else wants it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

And it records you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Cool, give uni students a tool which if they use it could lead to expulsion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Remember kids, if its a free service you are the product.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Free beta testers since nobody is paying for this dogshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hey kids enjoy our software that let's you skip all that pesky learning and studying. You're getting this degree vocationally anyway, so who cares about committing anything to memory?