Description: 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.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google and Google Gemini developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Google Gemini users.
Alleged implicated AI system: Google Gemini
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1173
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-06-23
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Lauren Edmonds post-incident response
Everyone gets depressed sometimes. Even Google Gemini, apparently.
People using Google's generative AI chatbot said it began sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, prompting a response from a Google staffer. In June…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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