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National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees


The National Archives is launching a public-facing AI chatbot called "Archie." Employees have concerns.

Portions of the slides that suggest specific use cases are redacted, but the presentation recommends using it for “writing assistance, data visualization, meeting summaries, and idea generation.” According to the chat logs, a live demonstration of Google’s Vertex AI was given in which it pretended to be an “expert archivist” and was asked questions about the John F. Kennedy assassination. In an email I obtained earlier this year, the National Archives told employees it prefers Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot to ChatGPT because they offer “a more controlled environment.”

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