Earlier this week, Google temporarily paused its artificial intelligence (AI) model from generating images of people after it faced criticism for producing inaccurate and historically insensitive images. ⁠ ⁠ For instance, requests for pictures of historical figures like U.S. senators from the 1800s resulted in images featuring women and people of color. Depictions of the Founding Fathers and Nazi soldiers included Asian people, while queries for the Pope yielded results featuring Black people and even a woman.⁠ ⁠ The incident ignited backlash on social media, primarily from conservatives who alleged the errors were a result of Google forcing “wokeness” or diversity, and sparked discussions on bias in AI and the need for responsible development practices.⁠ ⁠ In a leaked memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the recent errors made by the company’s Gemini image generator were “completely unacceptable.”⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🤖Read the full article on our website in our linkinbio ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 💬Comment “email” to s...