Google has reportedly restricted some users from its specialized AI coding assistant Antigravity and Gemini AI Ultra subscribers. These users were reportedly using Gemini AI models from accounts linked to the open-source coding agent framework, OpenClaw. Users were found violating Google policies, with alleged use cases involving harmful, abusive, or unauthorized activities.
We been seeing a massive increase in malicious usage of the Antigravity backend that has tremendously degraded the quality of service for our users, said Google Varun Mohan, former Windsurf CEO and Google DeepMind engineer.
The restriction has raised questions among Gemini users on whether companies can independently decide who gets access to these tools. Since AI tools have become a core part of day-to-day work like coding, research, and business, such decisions directly influence users productivity.
In response to the ban, OpenClaw Peter Steinberger has publicly criticised the decision online, calling it a draconian move. In an X post, he said: Pretty draconian from Google. Be careful out there if you use Antigravity. I guess I will remove support. Even Anthropic pings me and is nice about issues. Google just... bans?
Mohan clarified that the restrictions applied only to OpenClaw users were imposed because of misuse of the Antigravity backend. He also noted that they 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 Terms of Service, Mohan added.
The incident highlights the growing tension between AI platforms and open-source frameworks, as companies grapple with balancing innovation with responsible AI usage and service quality.
