The restrictions came after several Gemini AI Ultra subscribers posted on the Google AI Developer Forum that they could not access the Gemini 2.5 Pro model and, in some cases, linked services such as Gmail and Google Workspace. Many said the move happened without warning. Mohan later indicated that the issue was linked to developers using third-party tools such as OpenClaw, reportedly against Google’s terms of service. “We needed to find a path to quickly shut off access to these users that are not using the product as intended. We understand that a subset of these users were not aware that this was against our ToS and will get a path for them to come back on but we have limited capacity and want to be fair to our actual users,” he added.
In a follow-up post, Mohan clarified that only access to Antigravity was blocked. “All your other Google services (and Google AI services) are unaffected. It is not intended to use the Antigravity backend as a proxy for other products and users in these groups have overwhelmed our compute. We are going to make sure we bring people back on but needed to act fast to make sure we deliver a good experience for people using the product,” he said.
The development reflects rising tensions in the AI space. Anthropic recently updated its Consumer Terms of Service to ban OAuth token usage in third-party tools, including OpenClaw. Meanwhile, Peter Steinberger, creator of the open-source AI agent framework, called Google’s move “draconian” and wrote, “Be careful out there if you use Antigravity. I guess I’ll remove support. Even Anthropic pings me and is nice about issues. Google just… bans?” Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Steinberger would join the company to “drive the next generation of personal agents,” adding, “OpenClaw will live in a foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support.” Since its launch in November 2025, OpenClaw has gained 100,000 stars on GitHub and 2,000,000 visitors in a single week. However, China’s industry ministry recently warned that improper configuration of such agentic AI tools could expose users to cyberattacks and data breaches.
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