Users complain Gemini's new 'Auto' mode dumbs down answers by deciding thinking depth for you
StudyHard30 · reddit · 2026-11-13
A Reddit user criticizes Gemini's new 'Auto' behavior: previously setting thinking to 'High' reliably produced detailed answers, but now the model itself decides whether a query is worth deeper thinking or a longer response, resulting in shallower answers — a sign of tension between inference cost control and answer depth.
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