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AI Gone Awry: Google's Struggle with Bias in Gemini

2024/10/18
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In this episode, Robert Loft and Haley Hanson discuss the recent backlash against Google’s Gemini AI after it produced controversial human images — like Black Founding Fathers, female popes, and gay couples in place of straight ones. Critics, including Elon Musk, slammed the tool for being "woke," forcing Google to pause its image generation feature. We break down why AI keeps struggling with bias, what makes it so hard to fix, and how tech companies are navigating the tricky intersection of AI, ethics, and culture wars. Can AI ever truly be unbiased? Let’s find out.