House Republicans, led by Jim Jordan, sent a letter to Google requesting information about any involvement by US government agencies in developing Google’s AI chatbot Gemini, citing concerns the administration may have inappropriately influenced the chatbot to advance a partisan agenda.
The letter follows controversy over Gemini seeming to deliberately omit white people from historical images and discussions, reflecting the politically “woke” views of its lead developer.
“It says don’t write anything racist or sexist, but then you start affecting the truth. George Washington was not a black guy. So it’s really big danger, manipulating reality,” Genie AI founder Imgesu Cetin said.
Then he called his Mommy, drank a whole case of soy milk & bing-watched Rachel Maddow pic.twitter.com/B1yV0OqhQr
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024
While aiming to avoid offensive speech is understandable, experts warn such manipulation of realities risks censoring factual information to fit a biased narrative, highlighting the political tensions around developing AI systems.
