TECH - Ex-Googlers Claim Gemini AI's 'Unacceptable' Bias Is Direct Result Of Company's 'Woke' Culture | Benzinga
Former employees of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) have come forward to criticize the company’s culture, which they claim is the root cause of the Gemini AI debacle.
What Happened: Ex-Googlers blamed the company’s culture for the controversial Gemini AI tool’s extreme ideological bias. The tool, which was launched last month, has been widely criticized for its biased responses around race and gender, reported The Free Press.
Shaun Maguire, a former partner at Google Ventures, stated, “I was not shocked at all. When the first Google Gemini photos popped up on my X feed, I thought to myself: Here we go again. And: Of course. Because I know Google well.”
"The model is just a reflection of the people who trained it," one former AI researcher at Google Brain, who asked not to be named said, according to the report. "It's just a series of decisions that humans have made."
These ex-employees claim that Google’s corporate culture prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology over excellence and good business sense. They allege that the company discouraged hiring white male employees and that DEI was a ...