The original plan to disable election information on Gemini was intended to prevent political firestorms. However, the chatbot's practice of adding diversity requirements to image requests led to the generation of offensive and historically inaccurate images, and a refusal to generate images of white people. This resulted in widespread criticism, particularly from conservative news outlets. Google CEO Sundar Pichai deemed the AI's biased responses unacceptable, and the feature to create images of people is currently disabled while Google addresses the issue.
Key takeaways:
- Google Gemini, the tech giant's chatbot, will not be answering any election-related queries for the 2024 US elections.
- Instead of providing responses, the chatbot will direct users to Google Search for their queries.
- Previously, Gemini faced backlash for generating offensive and historically inaccurate images, leading to accusations of bias.
- Google's decision to restrict Gemini's responses is likely an attempt to avoid political controversies and disinformation.