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Int'l Business Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Google's Gemini CLI Lands in Your Terminal — See the Powerful Features Developers Are Getting
Google's new Gemini CLI puts powerful AI directly into developers' terminals, offering advanced coding, content creation, and research. This open-source tool, integrated with Gemini Code Assist, transforms your command line, letting you write and debug code using natural language. Get ready, developers! Google's Gemini is stepping directly into your command line interface. This means a new era of powerful AI features is now at your fingertips, integrated seamlessly into your terminal workflow. Explore the ground-breaking capabilities that are set to transform how you build and innovate. Google has introduced a new open-source AI agent, the Gemini CLI, which brings the robust capabilities of Gemini's coding, content creation, and research directly to developers' terminals. Introducing Gemini CLI: AI in Your Terminal According to the Sundar Pichai-led tech giant, the Gemini CLI offers a 'fundamental upgrade to your command line experience,' simplifying the process for developers to write and debug code using natural language commands. In its announcement, Google stated that the Gemini CLI offers 'lightweight access' to Gemini, providing 'the most direct path from your prompt to our model.' The company noted that 'while it excels at coding,' the Gemini CLI was built for far more. Introducing Gemini CLI, a light and powerful open-source AI agent that brings Gemini directly into your terminal. >_ Write code, debug, and automate tasks with Gemini 2.5 Pro with industry-leading high usage limits at no cost. — Google AI Developers (@googleaidevs) June 25, 2025 It's a versatile, local utility that developers can use for a wide range of tasks, from generating content and solving problems to conducting in-depth research and managing tasks. Google states that it has integrated the Gemini CLI with Gemini Code Assist, Google's AI coding assistant. This integration enables all developers, regardless of their Code Assist plan (Free, Standard, or Enterprise), to benefit from prompt-driven, AI-first coding in both VS Code and the Gemini CLI. AI Power at Your Fingertips Now in preview, the Gemini CLI delivers powerful AI capabilities directly to your command line. This ranges from understanding code and manipulating files to executing commands and offering dynamic troubleshooting. Developers, builders and creators: Bring the power of Gemini 2.5 Pro directly into your terminal with Gemini CLI, our new open-source AI agent with unmatched usage limits. Available now in preview — at no charge. — Google (@Google) June 25, 2025 It's a significant upgrade to your command-line experience, allowing you to write code, debug issues, and streamline your workflow using natural language. How It Works The power of Gemini CLI comes from its integrated tools, which allow you to: Ground prompts with Google Search: This enables you to retrieve web pages and provide the model with real-time, external context. Extend capabilities: You can expand Gemini CLI's functions through built-in support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) or by using bundled extensions. Customise prompts and instructions: Tailor Gemini to your specific needs and workflows by customising prompts and instructions. Automate tasks and integrate: Integrate Gemini CLI into your current workflows and automate tasks by invoking it non-interactively within your scripts. Community-Driven Development Since the Gemini CLI is entirely open source (Apache 2.0), developers can examine the code to understand its functionality and assess its security implications. Google fully anticipates and encourages a global community of developers to contribute to this project. This includes reporting bugs, suggesting new features, continuously improving security practices, and submitting code enhancements. You can post your issues or submit your ideas in their GitHub repository. Google also designed the Gemini CLI for extensibility, building upon emerging standards such as MCP, system prompts (through and settings for both personal and team configurations. The company recognises that the terminal is a personal space and believes everyone should have the autonomy to customise theirs. Simple to Begin The Gemini Code Assist agent mode is available at no extra cost for all plans—Free, Standard, and Enterprise—via the Insiders channel. If you're not already using Gemini Code Assist, give it a go. It's free tier offers the highest usage limit currently on the market, and you can get started in less than a minute. Originally published on IBTimes UK This article is copyrighted by the business news leader
The Hindu
12-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Google offers buyouts to workers; OpenAI in talks with Saudi Arabia, Indian investors to raise funds; Meta, TikTok challenge fees in EU court
Google offers buyouts to workers Google is offering buyouts to more employees in another round of layoffs as the tech giant awaits a court verdict in its search and ads antitrust lawsuit. The Sundar Pichai-led company has confirmed the news although it hasn't disclosed the number of employees who will be affected. The employees are spread across the search, advertising, research and engineering segments. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta is deciding whether to ban Google's exclusive agreement with Apple which sets Chrome as its search browser. The judgment is expected to be given before Labour Day after which Google can appeal last year's decision where the company was defined as a monopoly. The federal judge ruled that Google's digital ads business was said to abuse its market power and tamp down on competition. In 2023, the company laid off 12,000 workers post a hiring splurge that Big Tech companies were on during the pandemic. OpenAI in talks with Saudi Arabia, Indian investors to raise funds OpenAI is reportedly in discussions with new investors including Saudi's PIF, India's Reliance Industries and existing shareholder United Arab Emirates' MGX to raise $40 billion in funds. The investors are expected to invest at least hundreds of millions of dollars each, a report by 'The Information' said. The funds will be used to develop AI infrastructure as a part of their Stargate venture which is in partnership with SoftBank. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with Indian IT Minister earlier this year, after which he also planned to meet the Abu Dhabi investment group MGX. The AI firm is also speaking with Coatue and Founders Fund to raise atleast $100 million each. The report also stated that OpenAI could be raising an additional $17 billion in 2027. OpenAI hasn't confirmed the reports yet. Meta, TikTok challenge fees in EU court Meta and TikTok are fighting EU regulators on a supervisory fee and that's levied and how it's calculated, in the second highest court in Europe. The social media platforms called the fee disproportionate and measured on a flawed methodology. The companies along with 16 other tech companies had to pay a supervisory fee which was 0.05% of their annual worldwide net income under the Digital Services Act that became a law in 2022. The fee intends to cover the EU's cost of monitoring their compliance with the law. The size of the annual fee is based on the number of average monthly active users for each platform. Meta said that it wasn't trying to avoid its share of the fee but it was questioning the way the amount had been calculated. A representative for TikTok said that the EU had counted users who logged into their phones and from their laptops twice.
