Chatbots · February 2024Gaffe level: Blunder
Google Paused Gemini's Image Generator After It Drew Diverse Nazis
Asked for historical figures, Gemini produced Black Nazi soldiers, diverse medieval kings, and a female pope. Google paused all image generation of people while it worked on a fix, and Sundar Pichai called the results completely unacceptable. Overcorrection is still a correction gone wrong.
Source: TechCrunch
Google's Flood Hub Brings AI Flash-Flood Warnings to 2 Billion People
Google's Groundsource system forecasts urban flash floods up to 24 hours ahead, and through Flood Hub it now reaches 2 billion people in more than 150 countries. The Southern African Development Community used the beta version to request monitoring of flood events, and partners used the forecasts to warn of flooding in Vietnam three days before Typhoon Matmo made landfall.
Source: Seoul Economic Daily