Google to fix AI picture bot after 'woke' criticism
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A Google sign is pictured in front of Googleplex headquarters at Mountain View in California on 19 December 2023
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Google and parent company Alphabet Inc's headquarters in Mountain View, California
Google is racing to fix its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist.
Users said the firm's Gemini bot supplied images depicting a variety of genders and ethnicities even when doing so was historically inaccurate.
For example, a prompt seeking images of America's founding fathers turned up women and people of colour.
The company said its tool was "missing the mark".
"Gemini's AI image generation does generate a wide range of people. And that's generally a good thing because people around the world use it. But it's missing the mark here," said Jack Krawczyk, senior director for Gemini Experiences.
