The Agreement

Google-Luiss, Ai arrives in the classroom. From law to statistics: this is how it will be used

Universities, for Rector Boccardelli, 'must equip young people with the necessary tools to interpret complexity and manage the technological revolution effectively and responsibly'.

by Lorenzo Pace

11 March 2026

Nella foto, da sinistra: COLIN MARSON, Director EMEA & Asia Pacific, Google for Education e PAOLO BOCCARDELLI, Rettore Università Luiss

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Key points

Protected environment
"Customised approach"
Using Law, Political Science and Statistics
The agreement already made in Oxford
"Technology is at its best when it helps you realise your potential"

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The starting point was made clear early on: almost all students now use artificial intelligence. According to Paolo Boccardelli, rector of the Luiss Guido Carli University, "70% of them do it on a daily basis". This is why the Roman university has entered into an agreement with those who create and manage Ai, namely Google.

Protected environment

Its algorithms will be available to students and teachers, but within a secure environment. The need to protect young people's data was central in reaching the agreement with the American big tech, announced and presented yesterday on the campus in Viale Romania, Rome, during the event "Reimagine the learning experience at Luiss". The internal platform, strengthened by artificial intelligence tools, will guarantee the protection of user data - something that does not happen with chatbots available online, not even Google's - and will make it possible to create a shared space with teachers.

Universities, for Boccardelli, 'must equip young people with the necessary tools to interpret complexity and manage the technological revolution effectively and responsibly'. Not least because Ai is becoming more and more widespread in the world of work: "The central issue is governance and the ability to intercept the risks, making the most of the opportunities. With this new agreement, Luiss strengthens the methodological and scientific direction of its didactic system, identifying in Google's solutions the concrete support for new learning models".

"Customised approach"

The process will be long. And the development, explained the pro-rector for education, Enzo Peruffo, will have to be done vertically. That is, so that the tools can be adapted to each discipline, providing 'a customised approach'. To do this, as was explained during the workshop run by Google in the second part of the event, Gems will be made available, i.e. digital tutors capable of taking on different roles within the curriculum. These will create statistical graphs and strategy matrices, but also flashcards, concept maps and interactive assistants.

Using Law, Political Science and Statistics

In concrete terms, within science degree courses such as Statistics, artificial intelligence will be used for exercises, both to create them and to guide the student in carrying them out. This aspect has been emphasised several times, because the task of the supporting Ai will not be to give the solution (like the other chatbots around), but to offer hints on how to find it. Another intervention, completely different, will be put into practice in faculties such as Law and Political Science, with the creation of virtual characters that can stimulate the student's thinking through discussion.

In order to achieve the expected results, 'continuous teacher training' will be needed, according to Peruffo, with classroom hours changing and becoming 'less popular'. The "real challenge" will be to convince students to move to the new safe environment created by the university, "otherwise you risk learning the wrong things".

The agreement already made in Oxford

Such a system already exists at Oxford University, with which Mountain View's company has entered into a similar agreement in the past. At Luiss, the big tech aims to intervene in three areas: learning and teaching, research and administration. "In particular, the first," clarified Colin Marson, senior director of Google for Education, "aims to help professors be more effective in teaching, with more engaging lessons and faster feedback. For girls and boys, it means more personalised learning. So they can accelerate the learning journey and explore more areas'.

"Technology is at its best when it helps you fulfil your potential"

There are concrete examples. And they revolve around NotebookLM, the Google assistant that allows users to interact with uploaded documents and enables them to operate in specific contexts. "We make it so that students can interact with content," said Marson, "not only read a book or a PDF, but also interrogate the product and generate many different ways of learning. One can learn, for example, by listening to a conversation created ad hoc on the subject content. "Technology," he concluded, "is at its best when it helps people express their potential.