Gemini felt dumb on October 17, 2025.

I’ve been using Google’s ImageFx and noticed it now runs on Imagen 4. While I get the idea that it’s the newest version, I found Imagen 3 actually gave me sharper, more accurate images that really followed my prompts. The switch feels like a step back, and I wish there was an option to flip back to the older model that just worked better for me.

I tried four times to get Nano to restore a scanned photo of an old picture, just like I successfully did a few weeks ago. Instead, it kept spitting out completely unrelated images or brand‑new photos, completely ignoring my prompts. Every time I pointed out the mistake, it offered a generic apology and promised to do better. The whole thing left me feeling frustrated and let down.

I tried to start a fresh prompt in AI Studio after building a massive 400k‑token conversation, but every attempt just returns a “failed to generate content” error. It’s been happening since yesterday, and I can’t get the tool to continue. The constant failures are irritating and halt my workflow, leaving me stuck and uncertain if anyone else faces the same glitch.

I tried using the nano banana model in AI Studio to make even the simplest image tweaks, but every attempt failed miserably. Nothing happened—no cropping, no color adjustments, no filters. It felt like the tool was completely broken, leaving me stuck and forcing me to abandon my project or hunt for another solution.

I tried using Gemini today and it was unusable – every prompt returned gibberish or crashed outright. The responses were nonsensical, the tool would freeze mid‑generation, and I even got a few outright harmful suggestions that made me worry about data safety. It completely halted my workflow, forcing me to scrap the project and look for alternatives. The experience was downright frustrating and felt like a major regression.

I dove into animating a Joseph Stalin documentary with Veo 3.1 and was amazed at how smoothly it ran. I barely had to hit “regenerate,” and the outputs were spot‑on, especially when I kept my prompts short and to the point. The tool felt responsive and intuitive, turning what could have been a tedious process into a surprisingly painless creative flow.