Google buys Play Store app code to improve lagging Gemini AI

Google is pursuing a strategy to enhance its AI models by acquiring high-quality application code from developers in the Google Play Store. This initiative involves offering financial incentives to creators while ensuring they retain intellectual property rights through a non-exclusive licensing agreement. Potential partners are encouraged to share their code for revenue generation, influence future frameworks, and maintain control over their work.

Despite its efforts, Google's Gemini models lag behind competitors like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot, prompting the need for premium source code to improve training capabilities.