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Google has officially announced that #Gemini CLI is being retired in favor of #Antigravity CLI, their new terminal experience.

On June 18, 2026, Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions will stop serving requests for Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra, and free individual users.

The funny part?

Less than 11 months ago, Google published this headline:

“#Gemini CLI: your #open-source AI agent”

Free. Open source. Built for developers.

Fast forward to today - sunset in less than 30 days, no more new model access, no more real future, and people are already seeing errors like:

| Model "gemini-3.5-flash" was not found or is invalid.

| /model to switch models.

Classic Google.

They sell you the open-source dream, get their fanboi hype, then move everyone to the new shiny closed experience.

The new Antigravity CLI is now the path forward if you want access Google AI quota through Google AI plans. Otherwise, you can still go the pay-per-use API key route.

Never trust Google’s “Do no evil” era too much.

Meanwhile, OpenAI Codex was open source from the beginning - just like the name suggested.

OpenAI gave us CLIP, Whisper, GPT-OSS, and Codex-rs.

Say what you want about OpenAI, but these are the tools that actually pushed the AI developer ecosystem forward.

Also, Claude Code was open source for a while too XD

Hope you learn something new today.

I just ran an outreach campaign offering HRs a 100% free AI tool for candidate prescreening. It has been saving us tons of interview time.

The response? Crickets.

We're in 2026. AI can screen candidates faster, fairer, and more accurately than manual processes.

The tech works. It's free. It's ready.

But adoption? Almost zero.

I keep seeing HR teams drowning in resumes, manual screening taking weeks, bias creeping in, everyone complaining about "talent shortage."

Then I offer a solution. And… nothing.

At first I thought it was my pitch. Maybe my targeting was off.

But what if the real barrier is something deeper?

Change management?

Fear of AI replacing jobs?

Trust issues with automation?

Just too busy to try something new?

I've built AI agents that works. Saves a lot of time pre-screening unmatched candidates. But if the people who need them most won't even try them, what's the point?

What am I doing wrong?

Is this a messaging problem?

A timing problem?

Am I targeting the wrong people?

Or is there something fundamental about AI adoption in HR that I'm missing?

Founders, builders, HR folks help me understand.

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