Google faces renewed bias concerns over AI chatbot controversy
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Controversy over Google's Gemini AI chatbot is reigniting longstanding concerns about political bias at the company, with critics pointing to past incidents like employee backlash to Trump's 2016 win.
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Google has faced lawsuits, investigations, and studies alleging bias against conservatives, though the company denies systematic bias.
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Google employees and affiliates donate overwhelmingly to Democrats - over $20 million in 2020 versus just over $1 million to Republicans.
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Leaked videos and graphics have shown Google diversity leaders making controversial comments about race and "white privilege."
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for offensive, biased responses from Gemini and paused image generation of people, aiming to relaunch that feature within weeks.