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“You are solely responsible for the actions and tasks performed by the service, such as determining whether the service is appropriate for your use case, authorizing the service's access and connection to data, applications, and systems...”
“Use of Google AI Studio and Gemini API is for developers building with Google AI models for professional or business purposes, not for consumer use.”
“You may use only Paid Services when making API Clients available to users in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.”
“You must be 18 years of age or older to use the APIs.”
“Google doesn't use your prompts (including associated system instructions, cached content, and files such as images, videos, or documents) or responses to improve our products...”
“You may not use the Services in clinical practice, to provide medical advice, or in any manner that is overseen by or requires clearance or approval from a medical device regulatory agency.”
These terms are for developers building with Google's Gemini API — not for general consumers. If you use the free tier, Google may use your prompts and the responses to improve its own products; the paid tier does not carry that data use. You are personally responsible for everything the service does when you use it, and you cannot use it in medical, safety-critical, or competitive contexts.
The Gemini API Terms of Service establishes the conditions under which developers may access Google AI Studio and the Gemini API, restricting use to professional or business purposes by individuals 18 or older. The document distinguishes sharply between Paid and Unpaid Services: content submitted to Unpaid Services may be used by Google to improve its products and machine learning technologies, while Paid Services carry a data-use carve-out. Acceptable-use provisions prohibit clinical or medical-device-regulated deployments, safety-critical applications of Robotics Models, competitive model development, and any attempt to reverse engineer or replicate service components. The developer bears sole responsibility for all actions and tasks performed by the service, and the Robotics Models carry no guarantee or warranty of any kind regarding hardware-specific performance or safety.
Individual users are not the intended audience for this document: it governs developers, not consumers, and use is restricted to professional or business purposes. If you are a developer using the free (Unpaid) tier, Google uses your submitted content and generated responses to improve its products and machine learning technologies; switching to Paid Services removes that data use. You should not submit sensitive, confidential, or personal information through Unpaid Services, as no data protection assurance applies there. You must be at least 18 years old to use the APIs under any tier.
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4 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: September 2026
Google AI Studio replaced a sentence about Gemini Deep Research preview capabilities with a statement that the Interactions API is now generally available, and added a recommendation to use this …
View change record →“Use of Google AI Studio and Gemini API is for developers building with Google AI models for professional or business purposes, not for consumer use.”
“You are solely responsible for the actions and tasks performed by the service, such as determining whether the service is appropriate for your use case, authorizing the service's access and connection to data, applications, and systems...”
“You may use only Paid Services when making API Clients available to users in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.”
“You must be 18 years of age or older to use the APIs.”
“Google doesn't use your prompts (including associated system instructions, cached content, and files such as images, videos, or documents) or responses to improve our products...”
“You may not use the Services in clinical practice, to provide medical advice, or in any manner that is overseen by or requires clearance or approval from a medical device regulatory agency.”
“You may not use the Services to develop models that compete with the Services (e.g., Gemini API or Google AI Studio).”
“You also may not attempt to reverse engineer, extract or replicate any component of the Services, including the underlying data or models (e.g., parameter weights).”
“...to not use the Robotics Models for safety-critical applications or work, such as in the following settings: (i) healthcare, (ii) transportation, or (iii) other areas where safety protocols are vital, and a malfunction could reasonably foreseeably lead to death...”
“Do not submit sensitive, confidential, or personal information to the Unpaid Services.”
“The Robotics Models have not been tested with all makes and models of robotics hardware, and therefore, that the performance and safety of the Robotics Models in connection with your hardware is not guaranteed or provided with a warranty of …”
“Google uses the content you submit to the Services and any generated responses to provide, improve, and develop Google products and services and machine learning technologies, including Google's enterprise features, products, and services...”
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