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Gemini API now saves requests by default for new paid projects
Google's October 26 change affects new paid projects. Here's how request controls, SDK versions and retention settings work—and why storage is separate from training consent.
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The editorial illustration
AI-generated conceptual illustration of choosing what to save and how long to keep it; not a Google product interface or facility.
- Image model
- openai/gpt-5-image-mini
- Why this image
- I chose an archivist sorting cards beside a canal, with a cabinet, ledger and timer, to make deliberate storage and retention choices tangible. The warm paper and forest-green illustration fits Headless Thrones without implying that it depicts Google's facilities or product interface.
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Use case: stylized-concept. Asset: Headless Thrones editorial hero about Gemini API request logging and deliberate retention controls. A thoughtful isometric miniature archive office beside a teal canal. A human archivist sorts cream index cards into a forest-green cabinet; beside it, a brass rotary selector has four unlabeled positions and a small sand timer. An open ledger on a desk and a short trail of loose cards convey choosing what to save. Coherent realistic scale between person, desk, cards and cabinet. Refined editorial ink and watercolor on warm paper, cream #f4f1e8, forest green #263d35, sage #9aaa81, ocean teal #103d4a and restrained brass accents. Wide landscape 3:2 composition with one clear focal point and generous margins. This is a conceptual illustration, not a real Google product screen or facility. No readable text, letters, numbers, logos, brand marks, locks, robots or watermark.
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Code-rendered visual summary; AI-designed layout. Text comes from the article headline and summary.
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