Black Nazis and a Willy Wonka that traumatises children: Google’s AI problem should worry us all
1 year, 1 month ago

Black Nazis and a Willy Wonka that traumatises children: Google’s AI problem should worry us all

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As well as responding to text prompts, Google’s AI can also generate images based on basic instructions. While that may not sound like a big deal – and could even be viewed as a good thing, considering previous language models’ tendency towards bias and discrimination, such as early versions of Stable Diffusion producing sexually explicit images when given the prompt “a Latina” – this led to some baffling outputs. While it isn’t clear why exactly Gemini has gone woke in the worst imaginable way, it’s possible that in trying to avoid issues of potential bias, Google had programmed its AI system to be inclusive by default, without really thinking about how that could go wrong. People are extremely eager to give over huge parts of their lives to AI without really knowing if it’s ever going to be in a position to take on those duties.

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Google expands Gemini AI in Workspace: Smarter emails, chat commands and image generation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Google expands Gemini AI in Workspace: Smarter emails, chat commands and image generation

Live Mint  

Google has announced a series of AI-driven updates across its Workspace suite, integrating its Gemini AI further into services such as Gmail, Google Chat and image generation tools. Gemini now inserts AI responses directly into Gmail drafts Users of Google Workspace Business and Enterprise who have access to Gemini can now insert AI-generated responses directly into email drafts within the …

Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about images
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Google's search engine's latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about images

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Why AI Is So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why AI Is So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris

Wired  

When Elon Musk shared an image showing Kamala Harris dressed as a “communist dictator” on X last week, it was quite obviously a fake, seeing as Harris is neither a communist nor, to the best of our knowledge, a Soviet cosplayer. “AI still is unable to accurately depict Kamala Harris,” one X user wrote. “It’s uncanny how failed the algorithm …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reacts to Gemini image generation controversy, says we got it wrong
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai reacts to Gemini image generation controversy, says we got it wrong

India Today  

Ever since ChatGPT launched in 2022, various companies entered in an AI race of sorts and rolled out their own AI products and services. However earlier this year, the AI tool faced criticism for being "too woke" due to its recently-launched image generation feature. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had earlier called the mistake "unacceptable" in a memo to employees. Pichai …

Here's what Sundar Pichai said on Gemini AI inaccurate image generation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Here's what Sundar Pichai said on Gemini AI inaccurate image generation

India TV News  

Google recently introduced a new image generation feature on its chatbot, Gemini, which could create images of people. During an interview with Bloomberg, Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, admitted that the company had made a mistake earlier this year when it generated racially biased results in response to user queries. The company had quickly paused Gemini's image-generating feature after social media …

Alarm raised over bizarre images circulating on Facebook
11 months ago

Alarm raised over bizarre images circulating on Facebook

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Experts and users have warned about an increasing amount of seemingly AI-generated images, …

Gemini’s racial images are warning of tech titans’ power to ‘influence’ views
1 year ago

Gemini’s racial images are warning of tech titans’ power to ‘influence’ views

The Hindu  

For people at the trend-setting tech festival in Texas,U.S., the scandal that erupted after Google’s Gemini chatbot cranked out images of Black and Asian Nazi soldiers was seen as a warning about the power artificial intelligence can give tech titans. Google CEO Sundar Pichai last month slammed “completely unacceptable” errors by his company’s Gemini AI app after gaffes such as …

Google bans Gemini AI from responding to election related queries
1 year ago

Google bans Gemini AI from responding to election related queries

Firstpost  

The update is released at a time when the public’s concerns about false information and fake news have been heightened by advances in generative AI, including the creation of images and videos, leading governments to regulate the technology In an effort to prevent any potential blunders in the application of the technology, Alphabet-owned Google announced Tuesday that it will not …

Why Google’s AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour
1 year ago

Why Google’s AI tool was slammed for showing images of people of colour

Al Jazeera  

America’s founding fathers depicted as Black women and Ancient Greek warriors as Asian women and men – this was the world reimagined by Google’s generative AI tool, Gemini, in late February. The tool works with “text, images, audio and more at the same time”, explained a blog written by Pichai and Demis Hassabis, the CEO and co-founder of British American …

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board
1 year ago

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board

Associated Press  

A Microsoft engineer is sounding alarms about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company’s artificial intelligence image-generator tool, sending letters on Wednesday to U.S. regulators and the tech giant’s board of directors urging them to take action. Microsoft said it is committed to addressing employee concerns about company policies and that it appreciates Jones’ …

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company's board
1 year ago

Microsoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company's board

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Microsoft engineer is sounding …

Google’s Sergey Brin admits they bunged up their AI as calls for Sundar Pichai to step down intensify
1 year ago

Google’s Sergey Brin admits they bunged up their AI as calls for Sundar Pichai to step down intensify

Firstpost  

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has been put on the spot following the controversy that their AI chatbot, Gemini has created. Several analysts, including a few prominent ones who have great influence over Google’s staff, have said that maybe the tech giant needs a change in leadership Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has been put on the spot following the controversy that …

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users"
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users"

NPR  

Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users" Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/AP Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an internal memo late Tuesday that the company's release of artificial intelligence tool Gemini has been unacceptable, pledging to fix and relaunch the service in the coming weeks. Last week, Google paused Gemini's …

Google Plans To Relaunch Gemini AI Image Tool Following Cases Of Inaccuracies
1 year, 1 month ago

Google Plans To Relaunch Gemini AI Image Tool Following Cases Of Inaccuracies

ABP News  

In a recent announcement, Google's CEO Demis Hassabis revealed plans for the relaunch of its AI image generation tool within the upcoming weeks. This decision comes after the tool was temporarily suspended due to inaccuracies detected in historical depictions generated by Google's Gemini AI models. Following the initial rollout of image generation capabilities through Gemini AI earlier this month, concerns …

Google Gemini's image generation feature: What went wrong?
1 year, 1 month ago

Google Gemini's image generation feature: What went wrong?

India TV News  

Three weeks ago, Google launched a new image generation feature on its Gemini conversational app. However, in order to achieve this, the company forgot to account for two things- first while generating images with a range of people, it “failed to account for cases that should clearly not show a range” and second, “over time, the model became way more …

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity
1 year, 1 month ago

Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes ‘overcompensate’ for diversity

Associated Press  

Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense. In a 2022 technical paper, the researchers who developed Imagen warned that generative AI tools can be used for harassment or spreading misinformation …

Musk says Google executive ensured prompt action to fix ‘racial and gender bias’ in Gemini
1 year, 1 month ago

Musk says Google executive ensured prompt action to fix ‘racial and gender bias’ in Gemini

Hindustan Times  

After raising concerns over Gemini AI following reports of inaccuracies in depicting historical figures, X owner Elon Musk said Google has assured an action to fix the “racial and gender bias” in the tech giant's latest image generation model. Elon Musk calls Google 'insane' and ‘anti-civilisation’ Musk has criticized Google for its Gemini AI chatbot's text-to-image creation function. "I'm glad …

Elon Musk calls Google ‘insane racist, anti-civilizational' over Gemini chatbot
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk calls Google ‘insane racist, anti-civilizational' over Gemini chatbot

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk hit out at Google over the text-to-image generation feature of its Gemini AI chatbot. Google will release an improved version soon, it said, adding, “We're aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions.” Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk Amid the ongoing controversy, Elon Musk called Google 'insane' and 'anti-civilization', saying that the company …

Vivek Ramaswamy slams Google Gemini: Globally embarrassing rollout, blatantly racist
1 year, 1 month ago

Vivek Ramaswamy slams Google Gemini: Globally embarrassing rollout, blatantly racist

Live Mint  

Indian-American politician Vivek Ramaswamy, on Friday, called Google's latest AI roll-out 'Gemini' a "global embarrassment" as the chatbot's text-to-image generation feature was marred in controversies over “inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions." The 38-year-old went on to call the Google AI chatbot "blatantly racist" and blamed the company to "program their employees with broken incentives." Taking to the social …

Google pauses Gemini’s image tool for people after anti-‘woke’ backlash
1 year, 1 month ago

Google pauses Gemini’s image tool for people after anti-‘woke’ backlash

Al Jazeera  

Tech giant says model is ‘missing the mark’ after controversy over failure to depict white people. Google has temporarily stopped its Gemini AI model from generating images of people following a backlash over its failure to depict white people. The search engine giant made the announcement on Thursday after Gemini users shared images created by the model that mostly featured …

Elon Musk criticises Google for running 'racist, anti-civilisational programming' with its AI
1 year, 1 month ago

Elon Musk criticises Google for running 'racist, anti-civilisational programming' with its AI

India TV News  

Elon Musk criticises Google for running 'racist, anti-civilisational programming' with its AI Elon Musk's comment came after Google paused the ability for Gemini AI to generate images of people, as controversy erupted over inaccuracies in AI-generated historical images. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have accused Google of running "racist, anti-civilisational programming" with its artificial intelligence models. This comes after …

Google pauses its Gemini AI tool after critics blasted it as 'too woke' for generating images of Asian Nazis in 1940 Germany, Black Vikings and female medieval knights
1 year, 1 month ago

Google pauses its Gemini AI tool after critics blasted it as 'too woke' for generating images of Asian Nazis in 1940 Germany, Black Vikings and female medieval knights

Daily Mail  

Google is pausing its new Gemini AI tool after users blasted the image generator for being 'too woke' by replacing white historical figures with people of color. In response to Google's announcement that it would be pausing Gemini's image generation features, some users posted 'Go woke, go broke' and other similar sentiments X user Frank J. Fleming repeatedly prompted Gemini …

Google suspends Gemini AI chatbot’s ability to generate pictures of people
1 year, 1 month ago

Google suspends Gemini AI chatbot’s ability to generate pictures of people

Associated Press  

Google said Thursday it is temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating. “We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature,” Google said in a post on the social media platform X. “While we do this, we’re going to …

Google apologises after Gemini AI refuses to generate images of 'White people', gives diversity and discrimination lectures to users
1 year, 1 month ago

Google apologises after Gemini AI refuses to generate images of 'White people', gives diversity and discrimination lectures to users

Op India  

On 21st February, Google apologised as its chatbot Gemini failed to generate images portraying racially and ethnically accurate historical figures. As part of our AI principles https://t.co/BK786xbkey, we design our image generation capabilities to reflect our global user base, and we… — Jack Krawczyk February 21, 2024 Gemini chief Jack Krawczyk said, “We are aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies …

Google introduces image creation from text with AI-powered search: Know what it is
1 year, 5 months ago

Google introduces image creation from text with AI-powered search: Know what it is

India TV News  

Google has introduced a new feature that allows users to generate images directly from a text prompt using its Search Generative Experience, powered by generative AI. The company stated in a recent blog post, "As we continue to experiment with bringing generative AI capabilities into Search, we’re testing new ways to get more done as you’re searching -- like creating …

Even For AI, White Is Right: Photo enhancing bot turns Asian woman white when asked to beautify portrait
1 year, 7 months ago

Even For AI, White Is Right: Photo enhancing bot turns Asian woman white when asked to beautify portrait

Firstpost  

An Asian-American who was experimenting with AI bots to beautify her portrait and make it look professional found that none of them worked for her. One of them in fact turned her white, removing all her Mongoloid features, and giving her European features instead In a rather bizarre incident, a 24-year-old Asian-American MIT graduate, Rona Wang, discovered while using an …

Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI
1 year, 9 months ago

Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI

Wired  

A year ago, the idea of holding a meaningful conversation with a computer was the stuff of science fiction. “It felt like a conversation—me feeding images and ideas to the AI, and the AI offering its own in return.” Rumman Chowdhury PHOTOGRAPH: CHERIL SANCHEZ; AI Art by Sam Cannon Rumman Chowdhury led Twitter’s ethical AI research until Elon Musk acquired …

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