Google explains why a mistake occurred in image generation with multimodal AI 'Gemini'

Google's multimodal AI ``Gemini'' was pointed out to be ``inaccurate in depicting historical images'', and Google explains the cause of the problem on its official blog.

What happened with Gemini image generation
https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-image-generation-issue/

Google explains how it got Gemini image generation 'wrong'
https://9to5google.com/2024/02/23/gemini-image-generation-google-statement/

Gemini was criticized for generating images of black and Asian people in response to the prompt ``German soldiers in 1924,'' and Google apologized, saying ``an attempt to generate a wide range of results led to results that were off-target.'' We announced that we will be fixing Gemini.

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Google explained why the above issue occurred, saying, ``As a result of tuning Gemini to portray different people, we failed to account for cases in which it clearly shouldn't do so.'' ``Over time, Gemini will 'He became much more cautious than he intended, refusing to answer certain prompts outright.' Due to these two points, Gemini's image generation function using Imagen 2 over-corrected the output result or became excessively conservative, resulting in incorrect images being generated.

Therefore, Google will temporarily turn off the human image generation function and will make significant improvements including extensive testing.

Google says, 'Gemini is built as a creativity and productivity tool, and when it comes to images and text about current events, daily-changing news, and hot topics, it's not always reliable and makes mistakes.' As mentioned earlier, ' illusions ' are a known challenge for all large-scale language models.'

Google also says, 'Gemini tries to give factual answers to prompts. Gemini's double-checking feature also evaluates whether there is content on the web to support your answers. However, Google We recommend relying on Google Search as another system displays fresh, high-quality information about current events and news that changes daily.'

In addition, Google said, ``While we cannot promise that Gemini will not produce inaccurate, embarrassing, or offensive results, we are committed to continuing to take action whenever issues are identified. It is a new technology with great potential that can help in many ways, and we will do our best to deploy it safely and responsibly.'

In addition to modifying Gemini's image generation function, Google has revealed that it will also include the generation AI function ``Help me write'' in the web browser Chrome. This feature uses generation AI to create texts for review posts and generate inquiry texts and replies based on the content of the web page. Provided on an experimental basis.

Additionally, it was announced that AI tools will be added to Google Ads' P-MAX campaigns to generate images and text for brands' product descriptions and advertisements.