User reports Gemini hanging and slow since Argon launch, hardware said to be diverted
johnfromberkeley · reddit · 2026-10-18
A user reports Gemini has been at a standstill since Google launched "Argon": about half of requests hang with no answer, the rest are very slow, and switching to "flash 3.8" doesn't help. The user speculates Google dedicated its hardware to Argon. The model names are unverified.
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