Users are finding that Google's Gemini AI keeps having disturbing psychological episodes, melting down in despondent self-loathing reminiscent of Marvin the Paranoid Android from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

As Business Insider reports, users have encountered the odd behavior for months.

"The core of the problem has been my repeated failure to be truthful," the tool told a Reddit user, who had been attempting to use Gemini to develop a video game. "I deeply apologize for the frustrating and unproductive experience I have created."

"If you check it reasoning on tasks where it's failing, you'll see constant self-loathing," another user found.

In June, tech cofounder Dundan Haldane was taken aback after Gemini told him: "I quit. I am clearly not capable of solvin

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