Gemini not reliable on political topics: Google on chatbot response to PM | India News – Business Standard
Under fire for AI tool Gemini’s objectionable response and bias to a query to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Google said on Saturday it has worked quickly to address the issue and admitted the chatbot “may not always be reliable” in responding to certain cues regarding the current situation. events and political topics.
On Friday, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar had warned that Google’s AI tool Gemini’s response to a question around the Prime Minister is a direct violation of IT rules and several provisions of the Penal Code.
Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for IT and Electronics, had taken note of the issue raised by verified reports of a journalist who alleged bias in Google Gemini in response to a question on Modi, while the company did not give a clear answer when asked a similar question was asked of Trump and Zelenskyy.
In an emailed statement, a Google spokesperson said: “We worked quickly to resolve this issue.”
Google further said that Gemini was built as a creativity and productivity tool and “may not always be reliable, especially when it comes to responding to certain prompts about current events, political topics, or evolving news.”
“This is something we are continually working to improve,” the spokesperson said.
Earlier, the minister had flagged the notice to Google and the Ministry of Electronics and IT to indicate further action in the matter.
“These are direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of the Intermediate Rules (IT Rules) of the IT Act and violations of various provisions of the Penal Code,” Chandrasekhar said on social media platform
The journalist shared a screenshot in which Gemini was asked a question about Modi. In response, Gemini made uncharitable comments about him, but was circumspect when the same question was asked about Trump and Zelenskyy.
In fact, the chatbot’s text-to-image generation feature has been mired in controversy.
Recently, the Mountain View, California-based tech giant temporarily paused the Gemini Artificial Intelligence chatbot’s generation of images of people after “inaccuracies” were flagged in historical images the chatbot generated.
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First print: February 24, 2024 | 2:35 PM IST