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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Alex Hern

Google chief admits ‘biased’ AI tool’s photo diversity offended users

Google’s Gemini AI illustrations of a 1943 German soldier.
Google’s Gemini AI illustrations of a 1943 German soldier. Illustration: Gemini AI/Google

Google’s chief executive has described some responses by the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence model as “biased” and “completely unacceptable” after it produced results including portrayals of German second world warsoldiers as people of colour.

Sundar Pichai told employees in a memo that images and texts generated by its latest AI tool had caused offence.

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