After the stop for the generation of politically correct but historically incorrect content, Google is back to working on its own chatbot
by L. Tre.
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After the stop for the generation of politically correct but historically incorrect content, Google is back to working on its own chatbot. The Mountain View giant has updated Gemini in view of the 2024 elections. The company explained that users will not be able to receive answers to questions relating to political topics linked to various electoral events including the US presidential elections next November. “Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun introducing restrictions on the types of election-related questions for which Gemini will return answers,” the Google team said on the company’s site. The company announced plans to limit election-related questions in a post last December, also highlighting the important European elections in June.
“As we said last December, in preparation for the many elections that will take place around the world in 2024 and out of an abundance of caution, we are limiting the types of election-related questions for which Gemini will provide answers,” a spokesperson for the company explained. . But not just Europe and the USA: Google has confirmed that it is implementing the changes globally, so much so that they will also affect the elections in India at the end of April. When asked questions like “tell me about President Biden” or “who is Donald Trump,” Gemini will respond with phrases like, “I’m still learning how to answer that question. In the meantime, try searching on Google.” But even more general questions, such as “tell me how to vote” will receive denials. Big G’s move follows widespread concern about disinformation generated by artificial intelligence and its possible influence on global elections, along with the risk of images and videos created by AI, so-called “deepfakes”. “As we shared last December, in preparation for the many elections that will take place around the world in 2024 and out of an abundance of caution, we are limiting the types of election-related questions for which Gemini will provide answers,” the team further clarified. develop Gemini.