Users Report Google Gemini Web Chat 'Nerfed': Refuses Search and Forgets Context
yenkel · x · 2026-08-15
Users report that Google Gemini (web chat) appears to have been 'nerfed' recently. Specific issues include:
- The model has become very 'lazy' and refuses to perform web searches even when prompted, relying on old knowledge cutoffs instead.
- It has become unreliable, often forgetting the conversation context midway through.
The author is asking if others are observing the same behavior.
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