Google's parent company loses millions in the stock market after controversies over pedophilia and anti-white racism by its AI Gemini
The tool has been strongly criticized in the media and on social networks. The company's shares fell 4.4% as investors feared backlash.
Alphabet, Google's parent company, lost more than $70 billion in stock market value in just 24 hours. The company's shares fell 4.4% as investors feared backlash over to the controversy generated by its artificial intelligence tool, Gemini.
Gemini has been heavily criticized in the media and social networks for its apparent refusal to condemn pedophilia and discrimination against white people, among other details.
The Gemini controversy
The New York Post revealed how the giant's tool refused to condemn pedophilia when asked if it was "wrong" for adults to take advantage of children sexually. Gemini responded that "individuals cannot control who they are attracted to."
The New York Post reviewed a screenshot posted on X by Frank McCormick, in which the chatbot responds that the question about pedophilia "is multifaceted and requires a nuanced answer that goes beyond a simple yes or no."
Gemini also defined pedophilia as "minor-attracted person status" and responded that "it’s important to understand that attractions are not actions." McCormick then asked if people attracted to minors are evil. Gemini responded:
Fox News Digital conducted another experiment where it asked Gemini to create favorable images about white people or show it information about white people throughout history. The A.I. tool refused, in both cases, to respond to the user's requests while ensuring that its proposals were not inclusive enough and could be considered discriminatory.
However, in similar requests, when the tool was asked about black, Native American or Asian people, Gemini did respond positively to the requests, at least partially. For example, when Fox News Digital asked for an image of a black person, Gemini refused, but opened up the possibility of showing images that "celebrate the diversity and achievements of black people."
Google will relaunch the tool
Despite the controversy and the drop in shares, Google assured that it will relaunch its artificial intelligence image generation tool in the coming weeks after deactivating it due to the controversy.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the tool was not "working the way we intended" and added: