2024-03-05
Fixing Gemini's historically wrong pictures and concerns over energy-hungry AI

Teaching AI to increase racial diversity in the images it generates is a good thing - until it goes too far.

Google has apologised and suspended its AI tool Gemini after it produced images of Asian Nazis, female Popes and Native American Vikings.

The tech giant’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, says it’s working “around the clock” to fix the problem. But will it be an easy task?

Listen to AI consultant Raj Shroff’s take on the issue. You’ll also hear about concerns about how energy-intensive AI development is, and whether they’re justified.