New Delhi, July 25 -- I needed some fresh ideas for a project. I had several, but they didn't seem interesting or 'out-of-the-box' enough, so I went to Gemini and wrote out a careful prompt. I explained the goal, the kind of results I wanted, and specified what I already had.

Then I sat back to see what brainstorming magic the AI would perform.

It gave me one or two good ideas, but all the rest were exactly what I had already listed for it. I objected.

As expected, I got an immediate apology, paired with the usual praise about how I was absolutely right. I was presented with a fresh list-full of repeats, only rephrased. Now I was beginning to get distinctly annoyed.

"I thought you were supposed to be an AI capable of giving me brillia...