Google pauses AI tool after criticism over biased and insensitive outputs
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Gemini generated inappropriate images like Founding Fathers as people of color or Black and Asian women in Nazi uniforms.
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Gemini was designed to overcome bias by prioritizing diversity, but went too far and was too "cautious" about sensitive topics.
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Conservatives criticized Gemini for being "woke", while minorities were offended by some images. Elon Musk also called Gemini racist and sexist.
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Gemini declined to generate images or translate phrases that were politically sensitive in China and India.
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Google temporarily suspended Gemini's ability to generate images of people and admitted it got some responses wrong, offending users and showing bias.