alt Hacker NewsSince its unclear whats going on, Gemini first gave me some python.
import random
random_number = random.randint(1, 10) print(f"{random_number=}")
Then it stated the output.
Code output random_number=8
"This time, the dice landed on 8."
Code output random_number=9
"Your next random number is 9."
I would guess its not actually executing the python it displayed? Just a simulation, right?
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I would be surprised if Gemini could not run python in its web interface. Claude and ChatGPT can. And it makes them much more capable (e.g. you can ask claude to make manim animations for you and it will)
Most modern models can dispatch MCP calls in their inference engine, which is how code interpreter etc work in ChatGPT. Basically an mcp server that the execution happens as a call to their ai sandbox and then returns it to the llm to continue generation.
You can do this with gpt-oss using vLLM.
It did run python code when I asked for a random number: https://gemini.google.com/share/dcd6658d7cc9
Then I said: "don't run code, just pick one" and it replied "I'll go with 7."