Google halts Gemini's image generation of people over racial accuracy concerns

Earlier this week, Google said it was aware Gemini was offering what it called “inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions.”

The move came after critics on X posted numerous examples from the model that appeared to feature historically inaccurate images in regards to the race of the subjects.

The updated AI model, called Gemini 1.5 Pro, was released last week to cloud customers and developers so they can test its new features and eventually create new commercial applications. Google and its rivals have spent billions of dollars to ramp up their capabilities in generative AI and are keen to attract corporate clients to show their investments are paying off.