Gemini felt dumb on September 29, 2025.

I tried using Gemini's Deep Think feature on a new PhD thesis PDF, hoping it would flip through the pages and extract insights. Instead, every file came back empty—really frustrating. It pretended to read the document, but when I asked about the content, it admitted cluelessness. In short, the tool couldn’t actually view my notes, blowing my hopes for useful editing into the abyss.

I’ve been using AI Studio for months and just realized—without any announcement—the way I send input changed outright. The prompt box no longer requires a key‑combo; it shoots off a response mid‑typing, throwing me for a loop. I slam ESC but it won’t stop it. It’s a subtle, annoying tweak that breaks my work flow and feels like a small but painful redesign.

I tried to use Gemini CLI and nothing worked. The error made me think my API key was wrong, but when I logged into AI Studio the projects were gone—except a couple that seemed random. All of them are still running in Google Cloud, so why disappeared? I tried re‑adding them but the UI just hangs. It’s super frustrating and feels like a glitch that’s messing up my workflow.

I’ve been stuck with Jules all day and it keeps crashing with “catastrophic” errors every few minutes. I’m frustrated beyond words—my whole workflow is blocked, I’ve wasted hours trying to troubleshoot, and the continual resets feel like a ticking time bomb. I can’t get any progress, and each error just adds to the stress.

I asked Gemini Flash to think automatically like GPT, but it never actually does—only when I explicitly tell it to or set a manual think‑budget does it pause and process. The auto mode just runs straight through, ignoring the prompts that should trigger deeper reasoning. It feels like half‑talking, half‑autopilot, and that’s frustrating when I need it to work like a full‑blown AI.

I asked Gemini in August 2025 to pull together past chats and give me consistent, factual answers. It worked fine then, but lately it won’t. I can’t figure out what broke – maybe a policy change – and it feels like the tool is forgetting everything I’ve built. It’s really frustrating.