# Gemini Models Drop Temperature, Top-P, and Top-K Settings

Google's Gemini AI models now deprecate and ignore the temperature, top_p, and top_k parameters. Developers who previously used these to control output randomness must adjust their code. This change simplifies the API but may affect fine-tuning of creative responses.

**Importance:** 2/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/latest-model) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:27:54 +0000