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Gemini's personalised images go free, and the omelette is just a pan
Google opened Gemini's personalised image tool to all logged-in users on 1 July, free of charge. The price is a face: biometric data uploaded, stored, and folded back into training runs under terms almost nobody will read.

Sources
- Google official blog, Gemini image generation announcement, 1 July 2026
- x:middleeasteye, post on biometric-data policy, 2 July 2026
Desk note: Monexus framed this as a privacy-and-architecture story, not a product-launch story. Where the wires led with "now free," we lead with "now free, in exchange for."
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