Gemini is designed for creativity and productivity but cautioned that it may not always be reliable, especially for current events, the company said.
The company also mentioned that it has implemented protections against low-quality information.
After Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded on Friday to a user complaint on the social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) about Google’s Gemini AI showing biased results against PM Narendra Modi, Google India issued a statement. The company’s spokesperson said that Gemini is designed for creativity and productivity but cautioned that it may not always be reliable, especially for current events, politics or evolving news.
“We’ve worked quickly to address this issue. Gemini is built as a creativity and productivity tool and may not always be reliable, especially when it comes to responding to some prompts about current events, political topics, or evolving news. This is something that we’re constantly working on improving,” Google spokesperson said in a statement.
“Gemini is built in line with our AI Principles, and has safeguards to anticipate and test for a wide range of safety risks. We also prioritise identifying and preventing harmful or policy-violating responses from appearing in Gemini,” Google India said.
The company also mentioned that it has implemented protections against low-quality information and developed tools to assist users in understanding the information they encounter online. In instances where low-quality or outdated responses are identified, Google promptly implements improvements. Additionally, Google offers users convenient methods to verify information through its double-check feature.
On Friday, in response to a post on X, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that Google’s Gemini AI is in violation of IT rules as well as other laws. ‘These are direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of the Intermediary Rules (IT rules) of the IT Act and violations of several provisions of the Criminal Code,” he wrote on X.
The minister further flagged the X post to Google and the Ministry of Electronics and IT for further action. The Twitter user who raised concerns about bias described Gemini AI as being “woke” and malicious.
Gemini AI, previously called Bard, is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Google. It is designed to assist users in generating creative content and impove productivity. The tool uses AI algorithms to provide responses to user prompts, such as generating text or suggesting ideas.
