Couldn't find the thread on A.I. and found this link from the podcast Ink Stained Wretches.
Title, first couple paragraphs of the article and the link below.
Google CEO Pichai says Gemini's AI image results "offended our users"
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in an internal memo late Tuesday that the company's release of artificial intelligence tool Gemini has been unacceptable, pledging to fix and relaunch the service in the coming weeks.
Last week, Google paused Gemini's ability to create images following viral posts on social media depicting some of the AI tool's results, including images of America's Founding Fathers as black, the Pope as a woman and a Nazi-era German solider with dark skin.
The tool often thwarted requests for images of white people, prompting a backlash online among conservative commentators and others, who accused Google of anti-white bias.
Still reeling from the controversy, Pichai told Google staff in a note reviewed by NPR that there is no excuse for the tool's "problematic" performance.
"I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias — to be clear, that's completely unacceptable and we got it wrong," Pichai wrote. "We'll be driving a clear set of actions, including structural changes, updated product guidelines, improved launch processes, robust evals and red-teaming, and technical recommendations."
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/1234532775/google-gemini-offended-users-images-race
