Following the controversy, Google suspended Gemini's ability to generate human figures. However, Google DeepMind boss, Demis Hassabis, announced that the AI tool will be back in the next few weeks. Hassabis acknowledged that Gemini did not work as intended and assured that they are working on its shortcomings. As of now, attempts to generate an image of a person in Gemini will receive a response stating that improvements are being made and the feature will return soon.
Key takeaways:
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted that the company 'messed up' image generation in its AI chatbot, Gemini, due to a lack of testing.
- Gemini was accused of being racist and 'too woke' as it refused to generate images of white people and depicted several historical figures as people of colour.
- Google had suspended Gemini's ability to generate human figures, but Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis said that the AI tool will be back in the next 'couple of weeks'.
- Sergey Brin, who left his role as Alphabet's president in 2019, is reportedly back at Google to boost its presence in the highly competitive AI market.