Gemini Flash Refuses OCR Tasks, Claiming Text Extraction is 'Recitation'
burkov · x · 2026-08-08
A user reported that the Gemini Flash model bizarrely refuses to perform OCR tasks. The model halts the request, stating that "the content may be a recitation from a source," mistakenly flagging standard text extraction as a copyright or recitation violation.
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