Google Limits Gemini Chatbot on Elections, Controversial Topics to Avoid Spreading Misinformation
• Google restricting its Gemini chatbot from answering questions about 2024 elections in countries holding votes, including US and India • Concerns over AI chatbots spreading election disinformation and influencing democratic processes • Gemini referring search-related and political questions to Google search instead of answering directly • Backlash over Gemini inaccurately generating images of people of color in historical situations • AI companies like Google increasingly blocking chatbots from engaging with sensitive questions to avoid PR issues