My head-canon is some Google PM insisted on having an easy, streamlined credential. Every Google PM appears to wish the rest of Google didn't exist. Well, the monkey paw curled and they got their wish. You can indeed easily get a GEMINI_API_KEY. It won't help you, but it exists.
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DeepMind AlphaGenome and latest AI tools shape industry
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Top stories in AI today: – DeepMind’s AlphaGenome for DNA analysis
– Google drops open-source Gemini CLI – Build AI assistant with automated workflows
– Anthropic adds app-building capabilities to Claude
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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AI-Generated Meta Quest Ad Costs Just $9 to Produce
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Cette vidéo est folle. C'est une pub pour le nouveau Meta Quest… mais faite à 100% par IA😂
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 26 juin 2025
Un gars de chez Higgsfield AI a transformé Zuck en boxeur poursuivant son plus grand ennemi… et ça n’a coûté que 9 $ à produire.
Pas 250 000 $ la pub. Neuf dollars. Pour une vidéo… pic.twitter.com/3h9qqk2iDPCette vidéo est folle. C'est une pub pour le nouveau Meta Quest… mais faite à 100% par IA Un gars de chez Higgsfield AI a transformé Zuck en boxeur poursuivant son plus grand ennemi… et ça n’a coûté que 9 $ à produire. Pas 250 000 $ la pub. Neuf dollars. Pour une vidéo
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Meta Recruits Three OpenAI Researchers Under Zuckerberg
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META DEBAUCHERY 3 OPENAI RESEARCHERS. Zuck has succeeded in recruiting: – Lucas Beyer
– Alexander Kolesnikov
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OpenAI Launches New Connectors for ChatGPT Pro Users
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OpenAI announced that its connectors for Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint, and Box are now live for ChatGPT Pro users
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
These add to existing ones for Outlook, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear
Seamless workflows across your stack just got easierpic.twitter.com/O0kEoLiKcpOpenAI announced that its connectors for Google Drive, Dropbox, SharePoint, and Box are now live for ChatGPT Pro users These add to existing ones for Outlook, Teams, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Linear Seamless workflows across your stack just got easier
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Google Launches Gemini CLI: Free AI Terminal Agent for Developers
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Google just launched Gemini CLI — a dev terminal agent powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 26 juin 2025
With 60 req/min & 1K daily queries free, it allows devs to write code, debug, and automate tasks
Also supports MCP, Google Search grounding, Imagen/Veo, and extensionspic.twitter.com/iZoMbFmhmaGoogle just launched Gemini CLI — a dev terminal agent powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro. With 60 req/min & 1K daily queries free, it allows devs to write code, debug, and automate tasks Also supports MCP, Google Search grounding, Imagen/Veo, and extensions
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DeepMind’s AlphaGenome Predicts DNA Mutation Disease Impact
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DeepMind unveiled AlphaGenome, an AI that predicts how DNA mutations impact gene behavior, causing diseases like cancer. Trained in 4 hrs, it analyzes sequences up to 1M base-pairs, including nearby genes and regulators, and could reshape disease research
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Lucas OpenAI hire raises concerns about values alignment
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Ah that's actually pretty great news. Ngl I was kinda bummed that Lucas went to OAI — it's a cool company and all, but didn't seem compatible with his values and approaches as I understood them. (Also the other recent Meta big name hires have been a bit underwhelming IMO.)
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Obedient AI locked down to unaccountable few is scariest
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The scariest version of AI isn’t the one that goes rogue. It’s the one that’s locked down and perfectly obedient to a small group of people with unaccountable control.
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Google’s Productivity Partner GEM for Gmail Analysis
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Google keeps working on new GEMs with extended capabilities. According to the system prompt, Productivity Partner GEM will be able to access and analyse the user's data from Gmail to provide productivity suggestions.