 "Google plans to relaunch its ‘too woke,’ ‘anti-white’ Gemini AI image tool in a few weeks")
Google’s CEO, Demis Hassabis, announced on Monday that the company plans to reintroduce its Gemini AI tool for generating images of people, which it temporarily paused last week due to inaccuracies in historical depictions. The tool, part of Google’s Gemini AI models, will be back online in the next few weeks, according to Hassabis.
The decision to temporarily suspend the tool came after users pointed out inaccuracies in historical images generated by Gemini AI. Hassabis acknowledged the issue during a panel discussion at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, stating that the tool was not performing as intended.
Because of certain issues with Gemini, the AI tool was considered to be too-woke and ‘anti-white’ by a certain section of Twitter users.
Google has been striving to develop AI software to compete with Microsoft-backed OpenAI since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Previously known as Bard, Google’s generative AI chatbot was rebranded as Gemini earlier this month, accompanied by the introduction of paid subscription plans for enhanced reasoning capabilities.
The issue with the images was not the only issue that Google has had to contend with because of its AI model. Gemini also faced severe criticism for its biased response to a question about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Google responded by acknowledging the issue and emphasizing that Gemini may not always provide reliable responses, particularly regarding current events and political topics.
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar expressed concern over Gemini’s response, stating that it violated IT rules and criminal code provisions. Google reiterated that Gemini is primarily intended as a creativity and productivity tool and emphasized ongoing efforts to improve its reliability in responding to various prompts.
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