On "Google to fix citation bug with Gemini 3.8 Flash in AI Mode"

Google breaking citations in its newest model and then scrambling to fix it is exactly the wrong order, but at least they're acknowledging it instead of pretending the problem doesn't exist. For anyone relying on Gemini outputs in AI Mode for anything credible—research, competitive intel, client work—you're in a holding pattern until this lands. The real issue is that citation failures aren't bugs, they're features of how these models work, and a patch doesn't change the underlying fragility of LLM sourcing.