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Regarding Gemini's program handling skills

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1 SIGNALFIRST DETECTED 28 April 2026UPDATED 4 October 2026
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On 28 Apr, ArtificialInteligence raised questions about Gemini’s program handling skills. Opinions on the platform described Gemini as “unusable,” “GENUINELY more restricted than Deepseek,” prone to struggling with some tasks, and undergoing “the great degradation of Gemini.” One user said Gemini refused to answer a question about where private data goes. Another found seeing its internal thoughts unsettling. A comparison asked whether Gemini Pro or Claude Pro was better for school without coding. Separately, an opinion attributed to OpenAI asked how reliable Gemini is because the writer’s father takes anything it says for granted. With one tracked signal, the story amounts to a cluster of user complaints and questions. It provides no measured account of Gemini’s performance.

Taking this as factual, impact is 10%. Users relying on Gemini for program handling, schoolwork, privacy answers, or routine factual guidance face inconsistent performance and restrictions that make the system harder to trust. Comparisons with Deepseek and Claude Pro give dissatisfied users obvious alternatives.

Watch for repeatable task comparisons, documented refusal patterns, model updates, or a response from Google explaining Gemini’s restrictions and performance. Those would show whether the complaints describe a persistent product problem or isolated user experiences.

How the story developed
28 Apr
Regarding Gemini's program handling skills
OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligence
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Other feeds and industry voices
24 Mar
Gemini is unusable

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>gemini on both mobile and the google homes gets more stupid everyday. my google assistant in the last 6 months has gone from a functional

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
13 Apr
Gemini is GENUINELY more restricted than Deepseek

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>All I've been doing is getting help with quant trading strategies: how to code something, results, interpretation, data, stats, etc. Every single

OPINION · WHO · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
24 Sept
Can someone explain why Gemini struggles at some tasks?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am looking for a new Chromebook. I make Gemini aware of this, and give it the specifications I want in terms of size and features. It returns

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
19 Aug
How reliable is gemini? My father takes anything it says for granted

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>My father treats it as his best friend and relies on it to fix pretty much anything in our house. He relied on it to change the circuit breakers

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
25 Mar
Seeing the internal toughts of Gemini weirded me out so bad

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I add my chat with it <a href="https://gemini.google.com/share/372d23c42b04">here</a>, it bugged out and it started to give out his toughts, they

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
30 Jun
The great degradation of Gemini

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Did anyone else notice that Gemini was extremely deteriorated after the launch of the new 3.5 Flash model on May 19?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
9 May
I just ask Gemini where my private data goes, and he refused to answer me.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was using the voice call mode in Gemini. I was just showing him my room, asking him questions, and having some fun. It wasn't a meaningful

OPINION · WHERE · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
10 Aug
Claude vs Gemini for school (no coding)

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Is the payed version of Claude or Gemini better? Im looking for the best one the next year or so without cancelling (payed by the job). I will

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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