Google is restricting its AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, as the company tries to avoid spreading disinformation.
Now, when you ask Gemini an election-related question, it responds with: “I’m still learning how to answer this. In the meantime, try Google Search.”
The response appears for questions around voting, politicians and political parties.
A Google spokesperson told Sky News the restrictions had been put in place “in preparation for the many elections happening around the world in 2024 and out of an abundance of caution”.
In February, Google stopped Gemini generating images after it created a series of inaccurate historical depictions of people.
The model had been trained to reflect a diverse range of people but had become “way more cautious than we intended”, according to Google’s senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan.
This year, there are elections in more than 50 countries. As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, concerns are growing it could be used to manipulate voters.
Just two days before Slovakia’s…
