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Defamation Flap Sees Google Yank Gemma From AI Studio
Google removed AI model Gemma from its developer platform after it falsely accused Senator Blackburn of crimes, highlighting risks of AI hallucinations in public use.
- Google removed Gemma, developer-focused AI model, from AI Studio on Friday and limited it to API access only.
- Senator Marsha Blackburn alleged that Gemma fabricated criminal claims against her, and the move followed a lawsuit from Robby Starbuck accusing Google models of prior hallucinations.
- Developers accessing Gemma via AI Studio found that when asked about Blackburn, Gemma invented allegations and produced nonexistent articles and fake links.
- In response, Google said it removed Gemma from AI Studio and disabled the chatbot interface to prevent confusion after Blackburn called the output defamatory and wrote to Sundar Pichai.
- Industry-Wide, the episode highlights that `Hallucinations & are challenges across the AI industry, particularly smaller open models like Gemma`, Google explained, emphasizing models are for research, not factual use.
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Justice for Men & BoysGoogle curbs access to Gemma AI tech that falsely accused Sen. Marsha Blackburn of sexual misconduct
Google has limited public access to its AI tech known as Gemma after Sen. Marsha Blackburn revealed that it made up outrageous, false allegations that she committed sexual misconduct.
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The senator from Tennessee said that during the testing, Gemma provided false information, as if she had been accused of sexual harassment in 1987.
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