Gemini -- confidently fabricates technical answers

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks testing Gemini in technical workflows (DAWs, software troubleshooting, system settings), and I’ve run into a consistent and concerning pattern: **Gemini invents answers instead of admitting uncertainty.** Not “occasionally wrong.” Not “slightly off.” I mean **fabricated menus, nonexistent features, contradictory instructions, and endless self‑corrections that are also wrong**. This isn’t a hallucination here or there — it’s structural. Gemini is optimized to *always* produce an answer, even when it has no grounding. So when it’s unsure, it fills in the gaps with plausible‑sounding fiction. The result: * invented workflows * contradictory explanations * mixing up features from different apps * confident nonsense delivered as fact * no warnings, no uncertainty, no guardrails For creative tasks, fine. But for technical guidance, this behavior is dangerous and massively time‑wasting. People should know this before relying on it for anything involving real software, real troubleshooting, or real consequences.