# Gemini Deep Research Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-deep-research/ 20 people recommended Gemini Deep Research in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 25 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend it for long, source-backed reports that reach beyond ordinary search. Critics most often say its reports are verbose and contain fabricated content. Summary written by Claude from 45 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 40 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Gathers many sources with backlinks (2 comments in the sample): "Deep Research reports I think are above average internet quality, they collect hundreds of sources, synthesize and contrast them & provide backlinks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108829)) "especially if you use Deep Research to ground it in multiple sources" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45836570)) - Produces detailed, in-depth reports (2 comments in the sample): "today I’ve already had Gemini Deep Research write investigative reports previously unfeasible for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165775)) "The results of Gemini go deep, are thoughtful and make sense." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45911693)) - Helpful for planning and research (2 comments in the sample): "I love it. Most recently was reviewing PhD programs in my area then deep diving into faculty research areas." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795994)) "was able to give me a well planned 4 day trip to a major city" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457530)) ## What people warn about - Fabricates or hallucinates content (4 comments in the sample): "Gemini did the same thing but the report was about twenty pages. 100% hallucinated." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48785469)) "OpenAI and Google's Deep Research produce a very long, 100% made up report." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095222)) "it just lied and fabricated the result of a theorem in its output" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765454)) - Verbose with long academic preamble (3 comments in the sample): "its so overly verbose, with no easy way to tone down the wordiness." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888863)) "Nothing I can do prevents it from giving me a page of background that tries to make the question sound important and interesting…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49613784)) "It always starts with a long grandiose preamble and then sounds way too academic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741677)) ## Other research agents people recommend - [Autoresearch by Karpathy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/autoresearch/): 25 recommend, 9 mixed, 13 criticize - [OpenAI Deep Research](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openai-deep-research/): 7 recommend, 5 mixed, 13 criticize - [Tongyi DeepResearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tongyi-deepresearch/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [Kagi Research](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-research/): 6 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://gemini.google.com/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Gemini Deep Research", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-deep-research/ (20 recommend, 3 mixed, 17 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.