Gemini Accidentally Exposes Internal Reasoning: Caught Talking to Itself
MeltingEarbuds · reddit · 2026-08-01
A user asking Gemini about car rental costs unexpectedly witnessed the model talking to itself.
Before providing the final answer, Gemini output a visible internal monologue discussing how to interpret the prompt and fetch the answer. The user also noted a previous incident where Gemini stopped mid-sentence, said "wait, let me start over," and provided a revised answer. This sparked discussions about exposed chain-of-thought and self-correction mechanisms.
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