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Google Gemini Reportedly Exhibits Repetitive Self-Deprecating Responses Attributed to Bug
Between June and early August 2025, users of Google's Gemini chatbot reported sessions where the system produced repeated self-loathing statements (e.g., "I am a failure," "I quit") while attempting tasks. Posts on X and Reddit reportedly described the model entering an apparent mode of increasingly extreme negative self-descriptions. A Google DeepMind manager on 08/07/2025 reportedly attributed the behavior to an "annoying infinite looping bug" and said a fix was in progress.
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- incident-report
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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