Google can change, suspend, or shut down the Gemini API at any time, and can terminate a developer's access if they believe a policy violation has occurred.
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The agreement reserves broad discretion to Google to modify or discontinue the service. Developers who have built production applications relying on specific API features should be aware that those features can be removed with no guaranteed minimum notice period, which has operational risk implications.
Interpretive note: The 'reasonable advance notice' standard is not quantified in the document, creating ambiguity about the minimum notice developers can rely on; applicability of EU P2B Regulation is a jurisdiction-dependent question not resolved by the document.
Developers can lose access to the Gemini API if Google determines they have violated its policies, and specific API features they rely on can be changed or removed with notice described only as 'reasonable' rather than a fixed minimum period.
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"Google may add or remove functionalities or features, and we may suspend or stop a service altogether. Google may also stop providing services to you if you fail to comply with our policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct. If we discontinue a service, where reasonably possible, we will give you reasonable advance notice and a chance to get information out of that service.Excerpt from Google AI Studio's Gemini API Terms of Service
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The agreement reserves broad discretion to Google to modify or discontinue the service. Developers who have built production applications relying on specific API features should be aware that those features can be removed with no guaranteed minimum notice period, which has operational risk implications.
Developers can lose access to the Gemini API if Google determines they have violated its policies, and specific API features they rely on can be changed or removed with notice described only as 'reasonable' rather than a fixed minimum period.
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