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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031

The Decoder · SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2026

Google Demoted Free Gemini Users to Its Weakest Model and Paywalled the Middle Tier

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT

The tier formerly described as adequate has been reclassified as premium. The tier below it has been reclassified as the default. Users have not been reclassified. Their access has. Everything is under control. Control is what Google is calling this now.

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