Sergey Brin says he fought Google's ban on engineers using Gemini

Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed that he once found Gemini, Google's own AI model, on an internal list of coding tools that engineers were not allowed to use. Speaking on the All-In podcast last year, Brin said he was surprised to see Gemini on the company's internal "no list" and spent weeks trying to get the rule removed. After failing to resolve the issue himself, he said he turned to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who supported him and helped get the restriction lifted. Brin said the episode highlights how internal rules can sometimes lag behind a company's AI strategy.Sergey Brin says Gemini was on Google's internal 'no list'Recalling the incident, Sergey Brin said he had returned to writing code at Google when he noticed that Gemini was listed among tools engineers were not supposed to use for coding."Recently I just had a big tiff inside the company.