Google's Latest Gemini Models Deprecate and Ignore Temperature, top_p, and top_k
greatgib · hn · 2026-07-22
According to a recent update in the developer documentation, Google's newest Gemini models have officially deprecated and now ignore traditional sampling parameters like temperature, topp, and topk. This means developers can no longer rely on these arguments to control the randomness or creativity of the model's output.
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