Google pauses AI-generated images of people after ethnicity criticism
by Dan Milmo Global technology editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#6JTAX)
Company says it will adjust its Gemini model after criticism of ethnically diverse Vikings and second world war German soldiers
Google has put a temporary block on its new artificial intelligence model producing images of people after it portrayed German second world war soldiers and Vikings as people of colour.
The tech company said it would stop its Gemini model generating images of people after social media users posted examples of images generated by the tool that depicted some historical figures - including popes and the founding fathers of the US - in a variety of ethnicities and genders.
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