Google to fix AI picture bot after ‘woke’ criticism

21 February 2024

Updated 22 February 2024

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Google and parent company Alphabet Inc's headquarters in Mountain View, California

Google is racing to fix its new AI-powered tool for creating pictures, after claims it was over-correcting against the risk of being racist.

Users said the firm's Gemini bot supplied images depicting a variety of genders and ethnicities even when doing so was historically inaccurate.