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Google chief admits ‘biased’ AI tool’s photo diversity offended users
Sundar Pichai addresses backlash after Gemini software created images of historical figures in variety of ethnicities and genders
Social media users have posted numerous examples of Gemini’s image generator depicting historical figures – including popes, the founding fathers of the US and Vikings – in a variety of ethnicities and genders. Pichai added in the memo that Google would be taking a series of actions over Gemini including “structural changes, updated product guidelines, [and] improved launch processes”. Google DeepMind’s chief executive, Demis Hassabis, said this week that a “well-intended feature” in Gemini, designed to produce diversity in its images of humans, had been deployed “too bluntly”.
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