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Bobby Allyn

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

Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai sent an email to staff on Tuesday saying Gemini's release was unacceptable. (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 ability to create images following viral posts on social media depicting some of the AI tool's results, including images of America's Founding Fathers as black, the Pope as a woman and a Nazi-era German solider with dark skin.

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