Google's AI Image Generator Issues Expose Bias in Emerging Tech

The Google logo is seen during the Google I/O annual developers conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 10, 2023. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

By    |   Monday, 26 February 2024 07:30 AM EST ET

Tech experts say that Google's decision to pause the rollout of an artificial intelligence tool after users complained it prioritized diversity over history exposes one of the most concerning issues posed by emerging tech: programming bias.

Users blasted the latest version of Gemini, formerly known as Google Bard, after finding that the AI tool was quick to generate images of Black, Native American, and Asian people but resisted creating images of white people.

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Tech experts say that Google's decision to pause the rollout of an artificial intelligence tool after users complained it prioritized diversity over history exposes one of the most concerning issues posed by emerging tech: programming bias.
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