Google Gemini’s ‘wokeness’ sparks debate over AI censorship

Following the tech and AI community on X this week has been instructive about the capabilities and limitations of Google's latest consumer-facing AI chatbot, Gemini. A number of tech workers, leaders, and writers have posted screenshots of their interactions with the chatbot, and more specifically, examples of bizarre and inaccurate image generation that appear to be pandering toward diversity and/or "wokeness." It’s embarrassingly hard to get Google Gemini to acknowledge that white people exist pic.twitter.com/4lkhD7p5nR — Deedy (@debarghya_das) February 20, 2024 Ah, yes, famous Google founders Larry Pang and Sergey Bing pic.twitter.com/pCs7uVSBGU — Circe (@vocalcry) February 21, 2024 Google initially…