The decision comes after Gemini faced backlash for applying diversity filters to historical images, including presenting Nazis and America's Founding Fathers as people of color. Google has paused Gemini's ability to generate people until it can resolve the issue. Meanwhile, OpenAI's ChatGPT continues to provide detailed responses to election-related queries, focusing on preventing misinformation rather than withholding information.
Key takeaways:
- Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, will not answer questions about India’s upcoming national elections, as part of restrictions on election-related queries.
- The restrictions are similar to those announced by Google in December for global elections in the US and the EU.
- OpenAI, in contrast, has outlined plans to fight election-related misinformation, focusing more on preventing wrong information than supplying none at all.
- Google previously faced backlash when Gemini applied diversity filters to historical images, leading to a pause on its ability to generate people until issues could be resolved.