Google is currently behind OpenAI and Anthropic at the top end of the frontier-model race. Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol both rank ahead of Gemini 3.1 Pro on major independent benchmarks, while Google’s long-awaited Gemini 3.5 Pro remains in testing after reportedly falling short of internal performance targets.
While Google works on closing that gap, it is also pushing Gemini aggressively toward a very different audience. Eligible U.S. college students can now get Google AI Pro free for an entire year, alongside a new Student Hub built specifically around studying, coursework, and research.
What students actually get for…
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