Gemini brings my son's name in the wrong context
Posted on: 2026-03-21
For a little while, I moved from ChatGPT to Gemini for questions that were not related to a specific code base. Recently, I was doing some research in a new thread about houses in different areas of the United States. Suddenly, I noticed that Gemini added a note:
If you are moving to a new property at ~/AI/ComfyAI
The "property" mentioned in that note is actually a folder in a WSL environment on my machine. The previous week, in a completely different Gemini thread, I had asked a few questions about some models located in that folder. Gemini apparently inferred that it could be a possible place I might move to.
In another thread, I asked Gemini how to optimize the cost of maintaining development, testing, and production environments on Railway. This was a brand new thread. I have had several previous conversations about Railway, which I really like, and about its configuration. However, I never mentioned my son’s name in any of those Railway discussions.
If you do want a permanent "Dev" environment to show Jacob
What is Gemini thinking here? Jacob is six years old and has absolutely no connection to a Railway development environment. Even if he did, why would an AI try to be "friendly" by bringing up information about a member of my family?
I rarely use Gemini at home anymore because this kind of behavior makes me uncomfortable. It would feel strange coming from a human as well. Imagine being at work, asking a question about your server, and a colleague responding, "We have a test environment. I’m sure your six-year-old son would enjoy seeing it." That would be awkward.