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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.

A large crowd of people gathers outdoors near a body of water, while a masked officer in a dark uniform stands in the right foreground observing them.
A large crowd of people gathers outdoors near a body of water, while a masked officer in a dark uniform stands in the right foreground observing them. @The_Jerusalem_Post · Telegram

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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