Elon Musk is accusing Google of running 'insane racist, anti-civilizational programming'
Google paused Gemini's image-generation feature after users claimed it was "woke." "I'm glad that Google overplayed their hand with their AI image generation," Elon Musk wrote on X. Google said on Thursday that it will "re-release an improved version" of Gemini soon. Elon Musk isn't playing nice with Google.
On Thursday, Google paused its chatbot Gemini's image-generation feature, following backlash from some users who claimed the feature was "woke." People on social media have said the AI consistently generated images of people of color in inaccurate historical contexts. That night, Musk wrote multiple posts on X slamming Google. "I'm glad that Google overplayed their hand with their AI image generation, as it made their insane racist, anti-civilizational programming clear to all," Musk wrote in one of the posts. 
Google's Response
In a statement released on Wednesday, Google said it was "aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image-generation depictions." The company said Gemini is "missing the mark" and that the company is "working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately." In a subsequent statement on Thursday, Google said it "will re-release an improved version soon."
Elon Musk's Involvement
Musk, notably, also has some skin in the AI game. X's AI, Grok, is a conversational chatbot that's trained on X posts, which Musk has vowed to make politically neutral. The Tesla billionaire also went after Gemini's product lead, Jack Krawczyk. On Wednesday, Krawczyk said Gemini's image generation capabilities were designed to "reflect our global user base." Musk criticized Krawczyk's statement, highlighting issues with Google's AI.
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Further Criticism
Earlier on Thursday, Musk expressed concerns about Google search results showing a bias towards pro-censorship content. Musk has a history of challenging companies on their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, as well as criticizing other AI firms in favor of X's AI, Grok.
Representatives for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
February 23, 3:48 p.m. SGT: This story has been updated.
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