This article summarises eSafety’s guide on Google Gemini.
Google Gemini is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. You can talk to it just like you would with a person to help you make something or find information. You can use a basic version of it for free, or you can choose to pay for a subscription to get extra features.
What can you use it for?
- Chat and ask questions: Have a conversation and get answers to things you want to know.
- Understand information: Ask it to summarise long topics to make them easier to read.
- Brainstorm ideas: Get help coming up with new thoughts, plans, or ideas.
- Create new things: Ask the AI to write text or make pictures.
How to stay safe and protect your personal information
- Fact check: Make sure to always check the information that AI shares with you. Check the sources and official websites if you are not sure.
- Keep your personal information safe: Do not share personal information like your full name, address, phone number with AI.
- Manage your history: You can choose to completely delete your past chats or turn off the setting that saves your activity to your Google account.
- Check who sees your chats: You can read Google’s rules to understand who might have access to your conversations and how your data is used.
- Report problems: If you see wrong information or something inappropriate, you can send feedback and tell Google about the problem.
Where to use Google Gemini
You can visit gemini.google.com to start using it.