Google is responding to criticism and accusations of bias within its Gemini AI image generator. After facing backlash for a perceived failure to accurately depict white people in generated images, the technology company has announced a new image generation tool that it says aims to address these concerns. A senior Google executive has confirmed that the company will launch an improved version of the Gemini AI image generator in the coming weeks. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said, “We have taken the feature offline while we fix that, adding, “We are hoping to have that back online very shortly."" The issue came to light as users shared their results, including historical scenes that originally featured exclusively white individuals being re-imagined with diverse casts. This prompted accusations that Google had intentionally programmed a bias against white people into Gemini, with some critics labeling the tool as ""woke"" and politically motivated.
Google is responding to criticism and accusations of bias within its Gemini AI image generator. After facing backlash for a perceived failure to accurately depict white people in generated images, the technology company has announced a new image generation tool that it says aims to address these concerns. A senior Google executive has confirmed that the company will launch an improved version of the Gemini AI image generator in the coming weeks. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said, “We have taken the feature offline while we fix that, adding, “We are hoping to have that back online very shortly."" The issue came to light as users shared their results, including historical scenes that originally featured exclusively white individuals being re-imagined with diverse casts. This prompted accusations that Google had intentionally programmed a bias against white people into Gemini, with some critics labeling the tool as ""woke"" and politically motivated.