Google Gemini is once again facing criticisms after it generated dubious and factually incorrect information in its latest demonstration.
The demonstration refers to its recent I/O conference showcase for the new Gemini-powered Google video search feature, allowing people to upload video clips directly to the app.
In its video demonstration, the AI was used to look for potential causes for a film camera's lever to become stuck. Google advised to "open the back door and gently removed the film."
As The Verge noted, opening the "back door" of the camera would result in the film being damaged. Filmed cameras can only be opened this way in darkrooms where there is minimal light.
Ironically, the demo came months after Google promised to improve its Gemini AI model following reports of the AI generating racially inaccurate historical figures.
Google Gemini Remains Under Criticism
This was not the first time a Gemini AI demonstration came under fire due to mishaps in the AI model.
During its first demo in December, Gemini was criticized of faking the AI showcase for not being "carried out in real time."
According to tech columnist Parmy Olson, Google used still images and human prompts, rather than an actual interaction between the person and the AI, to generate a response.
🚨PSA about Google’s jaw-dropping video demo of Gemini - the one with the duck:
— Parmy Olson (@parmy) December 7, 2023
It was not carried out in real time or in voice. The model was shown still images from video footage and human prompts narrated afterwards, per a spokesperson. More here: https://t.co/ITU29Z5Oi9 pic.twitter.com/b9Bl9EpuuI
Google DeepMind VP of research Oriol Vinyals later came out to clarify that the demo was primarily made to "inspire developers" and show what Gemini "could look like" with multimode user experience.
Really happy to see the interest around our “Hands-on with Gemini” video. In our developer blog yesterday, we broke down how Gemini was used to create it. https://t.co/50gjMkaVc0
— Oriol Vinyals (@OriolVinyalsML) December 7, 2023
We gave Gemini sequences of different modalities — image and text in this case — and had it respond… pic.twitter.com/Beba5M5dHP
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Google to Expand Gemini 1.5 Pro Across Android Apps
Despite criticisms for the technology, Google plans to expand Gemini's application across several Android applications.
In the same conference, Google announced that it is rolling out Gemini-powered tools to Gmail, Google Docs, Search, and many more.
Google Search will receive most of the AI tools with the video search function and a personalized AI-summarizer for search inquiries.
YouTube, on the other hand, will experience the early testing for the new LearnLM will provide learners AI-generated summaries and quizzes based on the academic videos watched.
