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Eric Hal Schwartz

Gemini 3 Flash is smart — but when it doesn’t know, it makes stuff up anyway

Gemini 3 Flash.
  • Gemini 3 Flash often invents answers instead of admitting when it doesn’t know something
  • The problem arises with factual or high‑stakes questions
  • But it still tests as the most accurate and capable AI model

Gemini 3 Flash is fast and clever. But if you ask it something it doesn’t actually know – something obscure or tricky or just outside its training – it will almost always try to bluff its way through, according to a recent evaluation from the independent testing group Artificial Analysis.

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