This whole article smells like marketing and a way to monetize their weather model. I hope its leaps and bounds beyond current capability but I have very strong doubts about its efficacy in the real world.
> "We'll soon be releasing real-time and historical forecasts from GenCast, and previous models, which will enable anyone to integrate these weather inputs into their own models and research workflows."
They will give you the weights and code not the forecast - your quote is incomplete.
Its either a temporary gift to the community until its adopted then charge for it OR they know most orgs can integrate that into their products therefore requiring to buy google products IF it works as they say it does.
