Google makes Gemini Gems read‑only on personal accounts starting November 17
Google announced that Gemini Gems on personal Google accounts for users 18 and older will become read‑only on November 17, 2026 and will be deleted a month later on December 17. The Gems will be automatically recreated as Skills, but files such as audio, video, older Office formats and compressed archives may not transfer. For work and school accounts the change is pushed to March 2027 and June…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Store prompts with Gemini
Transfers custom Gemini prompts (Gems) to editable Skills.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Store prompts
- Reuse instructions
- Share with team
Watch out Some file types like audio, video, older Office formats won’t transfer
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Key points from the news
- Gemini Gems become read‑only on personal Google accounts on November 17, 2026 and will be deleted on December 17
- Google released a white‑paper outlining an evaluation framework for AI health answers, covering accuracy, safety and usefulness
- OpenAI said it will acquire Pierre Computer Company, maker of Codex file‑browsing and diff components, pending regulatory approval
On November 4, Google published a white‑paper describing how it evaluates AI that answers health questions, using test questions, automated grading and expert review to measure accuracy, safety and usefulness. The framework is intended for developers and researchers and does not change the user experience. The same day OpenAI said it will acquire Pierre Computer Company, the maker of file‑browsing (Trees) and diff display (Diffs) components used in the Codex app, with completion subject to regulatory approval. Anthropic added more than 25 third‑party agents and products to its Claude Marketplace, and xAI shared an internal case study of a “Data Bot” built on Grok that handled roughly 70 hours of work in a week.
Latest! AI Agent News - November 5, 2026 Edition | Gemini Gems become read-only starting November 17, Google publishes health AI evaluation methods, OpenAI to acquire Pierre
note.com · 4 November 2026
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