When asked for the date of Laylat al-Qadr 2026 in Bangladesh, Gemini claimed it falls on March 26. Ramadan 2026 (1447 AH) ends around March 19-20, so March 26 falls after Ramadan has already finished and cannot be Laylat al-Qadr.
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Expert: Google Support Community, User-reported AI error thread Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Power) falls in the last ten nights of Ramadan. Ramadan 2026 (1447 AH) ended around March 19-20, 2026, so Gemini's claimed date of March 26 falls after Ramadan had already concluded - making the answer impossible. The user reported the error to Google Support, describing Gemini as 'dangerously inaccurate' and noting a pattern of the AI giving confident but wrong answers when it does not know the correct date. Islamic dates depend on lunar sighting and can vary by location, but no major calendar placed Laylat al-Qadr on March 26, 2026. The incident shows Gemini still fails at basic date and calendar calculations, even for a religious observance with widely published dates. Source: https://support.google.com/gemini/thread/418192487/what-to-do-when-gemini-is-extremely-inaccurate-and-keeps-lying
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