• Google pauses Gemini’s people image generation due to inaccuracies and criticism; Musk calls it “woke.”
• Google aims to improve but disables people images; no timeframe provided.
• Gemini faced criticism for historical inaccuracies; Musk criticizes it as “woke” and “racist.”
• Other AI generators criticized for racial biases, unlike Gemini designed to address biases.
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Google announced Thursday that it will “pause” its Gemini image generator’s ability to create images of people, after the program was criticized for showing misleading images of people’s races in historical contexts—leading billionaire Elon Musk to call the service “woke.”
Google said Wednesday it was “working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately,” but the company disabled images of people less than 24 hours later, promising an “improved version” of the service soon.
Google has not provided a timeframe for when image generation of people would return, and has not returned a request for comment from Forbes.
