Users Report Gemini Astra Suddenly Degrading: "Like a Slow-Clap Version of Itself"
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-15
Historian Joachim Voth complains that after Astra powerfully solved two big problems and drafted a full paper last week, it has since Saturday been nearly non-functional, "like a slow-clap work-to-order version of its former self." Soumitra Shukla replies that he has seen similar glitches and suggests starting a fresh chat, first asking the model to read all context of prior work before resuming. A user-side observation of model behavior degradation with a practical workaround.
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