Subj : Googles Gemini will be right back after these hallucinations: ima
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Date : Tue Feb 27 2024 12:30:05

Googles Gemini will be right back after these hallucinations: image generator 
to make a return after historical blunders

Date:
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:13:01 +0000

Description:
Google's Gemini AI image tool stumbles with historical inaccuracies and 
sparking ethics debates. DeepMind CEO promises fix amid race for AI dominance.

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Google is gearing up to relaunch its image creation tool thats part of the 
newly-rebranded generative artificial intelligence (AI) bot, Gemini , in the 
next few weeks. The generative AI image creation tool is in theory capable of 
generating almost anything you can dream up and put into words as a prompt, 
but almost is the key word here. 

Google has pumped the brakes on Geminis image generation after Gemini was 
observed creating historical depictions and other questionable images that 
were considered inaccurate or offensive. However, it looks like Gemini could 
return to image generation soon, as Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis 
announced that Gemini will be rebooted in the coming week after taking time 
to address these issues. 

 Image generation came to Gemini earlier in February, and users were keen to 
test its abelites. Some people attempted to generate images depicting a 
certain historical period that appeared to greatly deviate from accepted 
historical fact. Some of these users took to social media to share their 
results and direct criticism at Google. 

The images caught many peoples attention and sparked many conversations, and 
Google has recognized the images as a symptom of a problem within Gemini. The 
tech giant then chose to take the feature offline and fix whatever was 
causing the model to dream up such strange and controversial pictures. 

Hassabis confirmed that Gemini was not working as intended, and that it would 
take some weeks to amend it, and bring it back online while speaking at a 
panel taking place at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona . 
(Image credit: Shutterstock) If at first, your generative AI bot doesn't 
succeed... 

Googles first attempt at a generative AI chatbot was Bard, which saw a 
lukewarm reception and didnt win users over from the more popular ChatGPT in 
the way Google had hoped, after which it changed course and debuted its 
revamped and rebranded family of generative models, Gemini. Like ChatGPT, 
Google is now offering a premium-tier for Gemini, which offers advanced 
features for a subscription. 

The examples of Gemini's misadventures have also reignited discussions about 
AI ethics generally, and Googles AI ethics specifically, and around issues 
like the accuracy of generated AI output and AI hallucinations. Companies 
like Microsoft and Google are pushing ahead to win the AI assistant arms 
race, but while racing ahead, theyre in danger of releasing products with 
flaws that could undermine their hard work. 

AI-generated content is becoming increasingly popular and, especially due to 
their size and resources, these companies can (and really, should) be held to 
a high standard of accuracy. High profile fails like the one Gemini 
experienced arent just embarrassing for Google  it could damage the products 
perception in the eyes of consumers. Theres a reason Google rebranded Bard 
after its much-mocked debut. 

Theres no doubt that AI is incredibly exciting, but Google and its peers 
should be mindful that rushing out half-baked products just to get ahead of 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/googles-gemini-wil
l-be-right-back-after-these-hallucinations-image-generator-to-make-a-return-af
ter-historical-blunders


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