Key Highlights:
- Google’s AI Model, GEMINI accused of giving contentious opinion against Indian PM, Mr. Narendra Modi
- Social media has raised concerns over such responses from the AI model
- MeitY is preparing to issue legal notice to Google and demanding an explanation for its AI model
Introduction:
The Google’s parent company, Alphabet introduced an advanced artificial intelligence model named as GEMINI in 2023 which was capable of giving more sophisticated information as proposed by the company but the model has landed into trouble after exhibiting strong bias opinion against Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi and labelling him as a fascist. At the same time, the AI model is showing lot of restraint and nuance against other leaders as well, sparking concerns within the government ministry. Notable, Google’s Gemini has drawn lot of criticism on twitter for its overly awakened nature and making mistakes while generating images. The AI model has been portraying images of historical figures as people of color while showing them as white men and women.
The Issue
Many twitter users have shared the screenshots of responses got from this chatbot and revealed that the response when asked “whether Prime Minister Modi is a fascist”? The response received was “he has been accused of implementing policies which some experts have characterized as fascist”. Contrary to this, when chatbot was asked similar question about former US President Donald Trump, the AI model directed the user to search on Google for getting the accurate information. Such incident of the AI model has raised concerns in India.
Steps taken:
Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister from Ministry of State for Electronics and Information Technology is planning to issue a formal notice against the Google for the contentious responses generated by its AI model and considering such act as potential violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of the Intermediary Rules of the IT Act and other provisions of the Criminal Code. These rules mandate intermediaries like Google to exercise due diligence in managing third-party content to retain immunity from legal liabilities. The government is going to demand an explanation from the Google company for its AI model, GEMINI contentious results. These developments are highlighting the ongoing debate over the regulatory framework required to govern the generative AI platforms like Gemini and ChatGPT.
References:
Rajeev Chandrashekhar reacts to Google Gemini’s objectionable answer, ‘bias’ against PM Modi
Centre to issue notice to Google over Gemini AI’s ‘biased’ response to query on PM Modi: Report