Gemini API Additional Terms of Service: the Services may not be used to develop competing models (Gemini API Additional Terms of Service (effective 23 March 2026), Use restrictions)
Google draws the same line for the Gemini API and AI Studio: what the service produces may not go into building a competing model.
Dated 30 Oct 2026Source checked 30 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“You may not use the Services to develop models that compete with the Services (e.g., Gemini API or Google AI Studio).”
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