Last Updated: March 13, 2024, 08:08 IST
Google Gemini was beforehand referred to as Google Bard.
Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering international election questions amid issues over misinformation. Governments regulate AI tech
Google is proscribing AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions in regards to the international elections set to occur this 12 months, the Alphabet-owned agency (GOOGL.O), stated on Tuesday, because it seems to be to keep away from potential missteps within the deployment of the expertise.
The replace comes at a time when developments in generative AI, together with picture and video technology, have fanned issues of misinformation and faux information among the many public, prompting governments to manage the expertise.
When requested about elections such because the upcoming U.S. presidential match-up between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Gemini responds with “I’m still learning how to answer this question. In the meantime, try Google Search”. Google had introduced restrictions inside the U.S. in December, saying they’d come into impact forward of the election.
“In preparation for the many elections happening around the world in 2024 and out of an abundance of caution, we are restricting the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses,” an organization spokesperson stated on Tuesday.
Aside from the United States, nationwide elections are set to be held in a number of massive nations together with South Africa and India, the world’s largest democracy. India has requested tech corporations to hunt authorities approval earlier than the general public launch of AI instruments which might be “unreliable” or beneath trial, and to label them for the potential to return fallacious solutions.
Google’s AI merchandise are beneath the scanner after inaccuracies in some historic depictions of individuals created by Gemini pressured it to pause the chatbot’s picture-technology function late final month. CEO Sundar Pichai had stated the corporate was working to repair these points and referred to as the chatbot’s responses “biased” and “completely unacceptable”.
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms stated final month it’s going to arrange a group to sort out disinformation and the abuse of generative AI within the run-as much as European Parliament elections in June.
